Miracles of Modern Science sounds like the moniker for some great, obscure indie pop band from, I don't know, Scotland or some Midwest American town -- at least to me. Anyways, my initial assumption was completely obliterated, in the best way possible, when I discovered that Miracles of Modern Science is actually a five-piece, orchestral pop/indie rock band from Brooklyn which features nothing but stringed instruments. And while that might sound fairly normal, it's rather exciting, and unexpectedly great, to discover that those stringed instruments are cello, double bass, violin, and mandolin. Yes, there's a drum kit, but other than that, no guitars or anything of that nature -- and it works so well.
