We Are Scientists is not your shrink

We Are Scientists is a trio out of Brooklyn via the Claremont Colleges that is poised to grab you by the scruff of your neck and not let go. Their excellent debut album, "With Love and Squalor", one of my picks for the best of 2005, hit stateside stores this past Tuesday. With a price of $9.99 at Tower Records, what's not to love? Hell, I almost coughed up £10.99 for the album whilst in the United Kingdom (the album was released there in October.) Add it up, kids.

As if you needed further convincing, check out the video above for "The Great Escape", directed by Akiva Schaffer of the SNL-saving troupe The Lonely Island.

The union of these two talented trios is better than a trip to the land of chocolate.