The We Are Scientists drummer talks the emotional weight of touring, and finishing songs alone Transmission 326: Interview with Keith Carne Keith Carne is a New York-based drummer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. For the past thirteen years he has held the drum chair in indie-pop band We Are Scientists, while maintaining a parallel career as a session player and recording musician across a range of other artists' projects. On 20 April 2026 he releases Magenta Light, an eight-track solo debut written, recorded, and produced in his Midtown Manhattan studio, on which he performs most of the instruments himself.