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What is brain thrust, and how might one master it? And what in the heck is that We Are Scientists band up to these days?

These questions, and not all that many others, will be answered when Brain Thrust Mastery, the sophomore set from We Are Scientists, hits shelves via Virgin on March 17 in the UK and March 18 in the U.S.  UPDATE: The album is coming out May 13 on Astralwerks in the U.S.

The disc has been preceded by the single for "After Hours", out this week.

After wrapping up a brief round of in-store performances in the UK, the band will return to Europe for a tour from late March through early May. Their fellow New Yorkers Oxford Collapse will open a good chunk of those dates.

And apparently they've been covering Nickelback lately. Haha, very funny, guys.

Brain Thrust Mastery:

01 Ghouls
02 Let's See It
03 After Hours
04 Lethal Enforcer
05 Impatience
06 Tonight
07 Spoken For
08 Altered Beast
09 Chick Lit
10 Dinosaurs
11 That's What Counts

They Are Touring:

03-06 Cambridge, England - Fopp (in-store)
03-07 Kingston-upon-Thames, England - Banquet Records (in-store)
03-24 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
03-25 Hamburg, Germany - Ubel & Gefahrlich
03-26 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
03-27 Freiberg, Germany - Fri-son
03-29 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle
03-30 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
04-01 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
04-02 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
04-03 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
04-07 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassaador
04-08 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
04-09 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
04-10 Derry, Northern Ireland - Nerve Centre
04-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland *
04-13 Aberdeen, Scotland - Music Hall *
04-14 Newcastle, England - Northumbria University *
04-15 Manchester, England - Academy *
04-17 Sheffield, England - Octagon *
04-18 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy *
04-19 Nottingham, England - Rock City *
04-20 Norwich, England - UEA *
04-22 Southampton, England - Guildhall *
04-23 Bristol, England - Carling Academy *
04-24 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire *
04-25 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
05-05 Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
05-06 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
05-08 Stuttgart, Germany - Rohre

* with Oxford Collapse