NME Haldern Pop Festival Blog

I am Keith. We Are Scientists.

Do you know what a couple of other bands at Haldern conspired to do during our set today? Because they're so fearful of the power of the We Are Scientists Live Music Show, these other creepy bands (we know for a fact that the Zutons, who are classy in the extreme, were in no way involved) got together and somehow cause a torrential downpour to begin just as we took the stage. Clearly, these scallywag bands hoped the oppressive weather would clear the festival out, driving the concertgoers back to their tents or into toilets or under parked cars or up into trees, thereby missing our powerhouse performance. But, do you know what happened, instead? Instead of all those people leaving the field? What happened was that everybody stayed! And, what's more, even people showed up. That's right! Apparently, people outside of the festival were like, "Wait just a goddamned minute! You're telling me that the goddamned We Are Scientists are heroically playing a show in the goddamned rain, of all things? This I've got to motherfucking see!" and then they all rushed in and packed the place full of heaving wet people who cheered and screamed and took off their clothes and eyeballed one another and then started rubbing up against each other and had, both literally and figuratively, an orgasmic concert-going experience.
Triumphing in the face of adversity and causing mass simultaneous sexual climax: all in a days work for We Are Scientists.

NME - 2006-08-04 20:41:17

[The eagle eyed amongst you will realise that the next entry was not written by Keith, but given that it's WAS related, it's a bonus extra!]

there's a hole in my shoe and it's letting in water
Holy mother of god, the weather is getting biblical.We Are Scientists refused to be put off by what is quite clearly all the water in the world being emptied into one muddy field and rocked their (soggy) socks off. And backstage three roadies attempted to stop the stage flooding, armed with two small squeegies. If this is an act of God then he's definitely stating his displeasure at Indie geek rock. Wish he'd send Moses down to do the 'clearing the red sea' trick so we could get a dry passage to the press area though.Out front 'ver kids' did what all good festival goers know is the only logical reaction to a shitload of rain - by tearing off their shirts, daubing themselves in mud, and moshing so hard that they created a whole new weather front three rows back.So naturally singer Keith kicked off his shoes, leapt off the stage, and joined in. Awww.Now NME is sheltering in the beer tent, having refused a piggy back over the puddles from We Are Scientist's Michael, because they were too desperate to prove how good at running jumps they are. A boast that backfired when they landed in a pothole.The Cooper Temple Clause are doing their electro rock thang on stage, but quite frankly we're staying undercover with the free beer and the dauphinois potatoes. Rock, and indeed, Roll.ED

NME - 2006-08-04 19:24:13