Jesse: YES. We are nerdy to the core. Wherever Gameboys or oscilloscopes are found, we are bound to be near. We both love the technical aspect of music, electronics, and gear. We're constantly looking for new things to build or new ways to create music.

Brandon: Aside from that, we chose "Scientist" because scientists change people's views on things. We want to change people's views on Christianity. There's a negative stigma of the church today, and we want to show people that the negative and unloving things they've heard and seen aren't true of all Christians, and are certainly not the case with Jesus.

Jesse: One thing that really drives us is a quote from Brennan Manning; "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."

Brandon: We came together around the early part of 2011. Jesse and I actually had been playing together for four years before Scientist in a worship band with Matt, our keys player, and an indie/rock band called, Fighter.

Jesse: We started writing these songs that definitely weren't for corporate worship and were far too pop to be indie Fighter songs. We, being suckers for pop music, decided to retire our old bands and put everything we are in to Scientist, and embrace the nerd inside of us.

Jesse: Brandon plays drums and I play guitar and sing. We have a third musician, the great Dr. Matt Humphrey, to play keys.

Brandon: Throughout the show, all three of us constantly switch instruments, run around, and bring people from the crowd up to be honorary doctors for the night and help us play. It can be complete insanity, but in the nerdiest and most exciting way.

Brandon: Outside of having After Edmund produce the record, we have not shared the stage with anyone of major stature as of yet, but that will change very soon, as are working in the lab on big plans for our tour schedule in 2013.

Jesse: And some non-tour plans too. We've got a lot of experiments going on and being prepped for release. We couldn't be more excited about the coming year.

Brandon: We really respect Paper Route and After Edmund. Both bands create some of the best, most creative music we hear, and they are of a rare breed of band whose live show is as good, if not better, than their records.

Jesse: We'd also love to tour with Taylor Swift because, DANG, she's super cool.

Jesse: Those lyrics were actually some of the last to be written. With the verses telling the story of the song, we wanted the chorus to be a declaration. Generally, the song is about change, and how new and beautiful things can be born out of old and dead things. "Watching the dead trees bloom life in the air, making a scene of color everwhere." "If love is beautiful, why are we all so criminal?" sums up our thinking that if something as beautiful as love is right in front of us, why do we choose to be so hateful and "criminal". It's CRAY.

Brandon: It's a call for all of us to examine our lives, and show a little more love in everything we are, and everything we do. Family force 5 says it best, "Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it."

Jesse: Yes! We're constantly writing and rewriting. From leftover material that didn't make it on to the EP to stuff we wrote yesterday, we are ecstatic to continue forming these ideas into songs.

Brandon: There are several parts, be it instrumentals or transitions, in our live show that have stemmed from or formed into new material.

Brandon: YES. This is one of our favorite things. The Experiment is a project we started to have our fans interact with us and really be involved in our music. The way it works is, they pick a song off our EP, record/perform/arrange it in their own style, film it and send it back to us via facebook or to our email, scientistmusic@gmail.com. No matter how simple or extravagant, their video will be posted to our website!

Jesse: The cool thing for us is that we get to cover one of their songs in return! Whenever a video is submitted or responded to, we try to make a BIG deal out of it. We have the most talented fans in the world and we want to show those nerds off. We encourage everyone to get involved no matter what their skill of musicianship is.

Brandon: We want our fans to be more famous than us. They deserve it.

Jesse: Trust. God has taught us recently, and over the last year and a half recording this record that He has a plan, no matter how unknown or different than ours it may seem. He is true, even in our wandering.

Brandon: There have been times where the next step seemed impossible or invisible, and out of nowhere, God shows up. Well, not really out of nowhere, but you know.

Jesse: He's pretty freaking cool if you ask us.

Jesse: Liquid Tide laundry detergent glows under a backlight. TRY IT. It's live.

Brandon: SCIENCE.