― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 15 March 2007 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― sean gramophone, Friday, 16 March 2007 15:11 (seventeen years ago) link
they still have these sorts of indie kids in wales?
― thomp, Saturday, 28 July 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
they sound a lot like envelopes with the girl with the cute accent playing off the boy with the cute accent. a lot of the same roughed-up but still sharp guitar sounds and kinda twee bells/claps/keys, too. they share the same hyper self-awareness as well, but i think campesinos! try much harder to be a serious band while still doing the "it's not blood it's cherryade" thing, while envelopes are one stepr from I'm From Barcelona in terms of omglookbutdon'tlook tweenes.
i really really like this band.
― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 10 August 2007 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
The "Frontwards" cover is great (probably my second favorite rendition of it, with the live version on the second disc of the S&E reissue being my first). "You! Me! Dancing!" is quickly becoming one of my top summer jamzzzz.
― duestown, Friday, 10 August 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
this band makes me sort of wish i'd never found ilx.
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Essplain
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:12 (sixteen years ago) link
they make taking drowned in sound seriously and not listening to any music that isn't made by white people in cords seem like a good idea.
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i do think that they've got it in them to make the indiepop "juicy" thou
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
define:self-parody
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:54 (sixteen years ago) link
RIP Big Man?
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:55 (sixteen years ago) link
My ex-girlfriend used to say that
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
When you came?
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeh, that was too far.
Must have left my house at eight, because I always do My train, Im certain, left the station just when it was due I must have read the morning paper going into town And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so The usual place, the usual bunch And still on top of this Im pretty sure it must have rained The day before you came
I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two And at the time I never even noticed I was blue I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away At five I must have left, theres no exception to the rule A matter of routine, Ive done it ever since I finished school The train back home again Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then Oh yes, Im sure my life was well within its usual frame The day before you came
Must have opened my front door at eight oclock or so And stopped along the way to buy some chinese food to go Im sure I had my dinner watching something on tv Theres not, I think, a single episode of dallas that I didnt see I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then I must have read a while The latest one by marilyn french or something in that style Its funny, but I had no sense of living without aim The day before you came
And turning out the light I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain The day before you came
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
never understood why you post entire lyrics to songs
-- blueski, Friday, 3 August 2007 16:14 (1 week ago) Bookmark Link
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rHt2CveSXqE
"Calvin Johnson never meant anything to me"
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 11 October 2007 12:31 (sixteen years ago) link
HEY THIS BAND ARE FUCKING AWESOME TALK ABOUT THEM YOU GUYS
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, they are awesome. When's the full-length?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
February 08
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Someone mentioned Envelopes here, they are much better than the Campesinos.
― zeus, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I never cared about Henry Rollins either.
― Matthew H, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
The commercial potential for "You! Me! Dancing!" is off the charts, isn't it?
― Cunga, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
They're like a not-humorless Arcade Fire, with better production and funner songs! And Welsh! Yesssss!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Xpost. "off the charts" is where it'll stay.
― everything, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I hear Gruff Rhys is playing with them on tour next year.
― teflon monkey, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 23:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Wasn't Hugh Pooh-Stick available?
― everything, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I knew I set that up as soon as I hit "Submit Response."
― Cunga, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
:)
― Tape Store, Sunday, 25 November 2007 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
mang have the retards in this video ever seen this video ? surely they must die
― tramp steamer, Monday, 26 November 2007 04:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Track listing for the album (Wichita, 25th Feb)
1. Death To Los Campesinos! 2. Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats 3. Don’t Tell Me To Do The Math(s) 4. Drop It Doe Eyes 5. My Year In Lists 6. Knee Deep At ATP 7. This Is How You Spell ‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams of A Generation of Faux-Romantics’ 8. We Are All Accelerated Readers 9. You! Me! Dancing! 10. ...And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes in Unison 11. Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 17 December 2007 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice, but no room for "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives"...?
― mike t-diva, Monday, 17 December 2007 12:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I still like them, but hoo boy they need to work on the live show - when nine out of the ten songs in your set prominently feature glockenspiel, headaches arise.
― Simon H., Monday, 17 December 2007 12:18 (sixteen years ago) link
this has leaked
― bakerstreetsaxsolo, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Listening now.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
"I am not Bonnie Tyler/ And I am not Toni Braxton"
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
7. This Is How You Spell ‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams of A Generation of Faux-Romantics’
― nabisco, Friday, 4 January 2008 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^What's really great about that track is that that is the chorus, it's not just a fucking instrumental they've slapped a great title on.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
My copy has a track 12, called "2007 The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)"
Anyway, so yeah, 2008 album of the year.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't wait to listen to this, but as hungover as I am, I'm not sure my head will be able to stand it just yet.
― maciej recognizing trill, Friday, 4 January 2008 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I relented, it's as wonderful as I'd hoped.
― maciej recognizing trill, Friday, 4 January 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
guitars on this are great
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 January 2008 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
sadly, much as when live, this is boringly samey. you can interchange vocal lines between most of their songs.
― Simon H., Friday, 4 January 2008 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
when seen live
I was really hoping they'd have some new tricks up their sleeve for the lp. sadly not.
― Simon H., Friday, 4 January 2008 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
guys this album is so good
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Dom Passantino, Friday, January 4, 2008 1:34 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link
^would agree w/ this if not for hot chip
This album is great. I just can't wait to hear the mastered version.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
so you think is an early leak?
the only two weak songs on here are 'knee deep at atp' and 'this is how you spell hahaha'. everything else is great. love how it's sequenced, too.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
worst album cover of 2008 for sure
― Zeno, Thursday, 17 January 2008 09:46 (sixteen years ago) link
"I cherish, in fondness, the day before I met you" is such a great line.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 17 January 2008 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
My favourite on the album is "If you catch me with my hands in the till, I promise SUGAH I wasn't trying to steal"
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 17 January 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
this is the best album of 1998
― DG, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
makes me want to kill
― braveclub, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
The correct line is 'god help us if there's a war' but 'makes me want to kill' will do.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.summersdale.com/images/You-Know-Youre-Getting-Old-.jpg
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Still pretending to like Busted, eh?
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Would have been shit in 1998 as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Hepburn represent!
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link
This album is awful.
Dom--M S T U have reformed.
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Seriously?
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:17 (sixteen years ago) link
This album is brilliant and you all have taste in your arse - 3000 posts to follow.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:18 (sixteen years ago) link
haha at this whole thread
― banriquit, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:20 (sixteen years ago) link
"I never got my ears pierced, and look how I turned out"
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:23 (sixteen years ago) link
liveblog: im listening to 'We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives' on youtube.
the male vocalist in the verses... ah, are all their songs like this?
except for him, it isn't noticeably worse than other indie records that i have heard.
oh shit though the male vocalist just came back in. gotdamn, dom.
― banriquit, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:24 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:17 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
They went 'on hiatus' so N@t could get rid of the people she didn't like. Now they are back.
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:25 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, 'You! Me! Dancing!'
intro much? but at least no vocals yet. i can imagine this going down well in an indie nightclub -- not a recommendation. this is like that curtis thread about bands who use loads of instruments at once -- that tinkly thing yo.
ok fuck this the vocalist is just.... dnw dnw dnw
― banriquit, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:25 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Would this be the same "people" who in an interview I did with them declared a dislike of... I've said too much.
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Also you are all missing the most important factor which is that THE DUDE SINGER LOOKS LIKE GRAHAM.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:31 (sixteen years ago) link
A 9/10? With the reviewer fighting the impulse to give it 10/10?
What am I missing with this band?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 April 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean, it's only one review, obv., but the disc is getting pretty good reviews overall, and I just don't get it.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 April 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
It's you! It's me! And there's dancing!
Yes it's twee indie rock/pop but it's done very well. Love this song.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142724-los-campesinos-to-release-another-album-already
Yaaaaaaaay!
― maciej recognizing trill, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa :D :D :D
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 August 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
10 All Your Kayfabe Friends
Oh Dompaws
― William Bloody Swygart, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Ucchchctsch,.
― mei, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.fabchannel.com/los_campesinos_concert/
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 9 August 2008 09:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Four sweaty boys with guitars tell me NOTHING about my life
this lyric always makes me think about the lex
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
So many threads this could go on....
Are you fucking listening, Pitchfork’s [nabisco] [.]?
― Raw Patrick, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
He only said "white" three times. Disappointing.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:33 (fifteen years ago) link
But he said paedo upwards of 600.
― Raw Patrick, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:36 (fifteen years ago) link
loooooooooool musical politics
― Just got offed, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Stars Of Track & Field >>>> The Drugs Don't Work.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
It's true though, everyone who likes this band is actually a paedo. No exceptions.
― Matt DC, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I had a really good zing I was gonna write here, but I'd get a pissy facebook message if I did.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I've not heard a single note by them. I think I like them because Swells doesn't, though. Although I do kind of agree with his statement of Doran's idea - basically "it's 2008 and the world's ending, why are you dressing as a 7-year-old", only I think it ought to be "It's 2008 and the world's ending, we might as well dress as 7-year-olds".
Do it, Dom.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if Swells/Doran is getting one after Swells slagged off a DiS sponsored tour?
― Raw Patrick, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://cdn.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/9/9780061117169.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2005/03/11/image679617x.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a sub-board you could post that jpg to
xpost
― Just got offed, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Sounds like someone is super jealous of Nabisco.
(Who wouldn't be? Oreos! Liking which makes you a pederast, too, obvs.)
Momus to thread.
― marc h., Monday, 18 August 2008 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Surprisingly, the second album sounds a lot like the first.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 12 September 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit if this has leaked my day stands still
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
^This
― If you really need a 00's album I'd say go for 'in rainbows'., Friday, 12 September 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I just got a copy from my hip indie swinger friend, Don Load.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 12 September 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man oh man oh man
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i need lyrics but yeah they've still got it
sounds a little rawer but maybe its just unmastered or something
my fav part of this band now (besides gareth duh) is maybe the violin player
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously though how are they so good
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
lyrics already up on songmeanings XD
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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Because late 90s Lamacq indie is the greatest fucking genre ever and they're the only band still doing it these days (whatever bands Gedge and Hayman are playing in to crowds of 20 people nowadays don't count)
― Kanye raps about stuff other than shoes on the radio, Friday, 12 September 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Another 40 minutes on this torrent.
i figured you liked them cuz they take the piss out of super serious kooks fans or what have you
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
for a while i thought i'd get annoyed by how busy the instrumentation is but they just write so many hooks
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
seems like there's lots of earnest love songs on here
lyrics predictably hilarious and great
And she said, "Tell me darling, do you think we have a future?"Well, maybe, kinda, pretty sure we do between usBring over pictures of your dead pets and relativesAnd we'll just say it's over if I don't shed any tears
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
As if I walked into the room to see my ex-girlfriendWho by the way, I'm still in love withSucking the face of some pretty boyWith my favourite band's most popular song in the backgroundIs it wrong that I can't decide which bothers me most?In the forefront of my mind it's the thoughtNot of you underneath, but me coming out looking worse
i mean seriously
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Because late 90s Lamacq indie is the greatest fucking genre ever and they're the only band still doing it these days
OTM, sorta. See also: Art Brut.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 12 September 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Art Brut are a little... too much, I think. Art Brut are clearly a band from north of Derby, you get me?
― Kanye raps about stuff other than shoes on the radio, Friday, 12 September 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Although Jordy you should check out 1999 indie noisemakers Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi who are clearly LC's big influences.
― Kanye raps about stuff other than shoes on the radio, Friday, 12 September 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
art brut don't write better pop songs than los campesinos!
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
or as many at least
yeah i will dom
my fav part about LC! is that they have their cake and eat it too. gareth is obv an emo but writes an album where he basically makes fun of ppl who are super serious emo. they write songs about not taking yourself seriously but gareth clearly kind of does? idk, im stumbling here
― its sad he was a ringtone poster (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 September 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, they're a _fun_ band. It's like that thread from a few months back, how many bands actually sound like they're enjoying what they're recording? LC have gotta be one of, what, ten bands left who actually sound like they're having a blast.
― Kanye raps about stuff other than shoes on the radio, Friday, 12 September 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahaha there is a cd copy of this album somewhere in the huge bin outside my flat. i had to get it out of here asap cuz its presence was grossing me out
― lex pretend, Saturday, 13 September 2008 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
this is a weird record kinda! way more gareth heavy with less interplay b/w him and aleksandra, though im okay with it cuz it seems obvious that he went through some shit and decided to write an album about it (in which case should we expect 2 a year?) so the fact that it's not as planned out or intricate as hony (i.e. the way that "this how you spell" morphs into a totally diff song at the second half and basically changes the record) is okay with me. its not as good as hony (though at times i wonder what is) but for a very personal and almost selfish record i'm not mad at it all. and "we are beautiful, we are doomed" and "you'll need those fingers for crossing" stand up with much of the first record.
im still trying to decide if "we kid ourselves there's future in the fucking/ but there is no fucking future" is the corniest or my favorite lyric of all time.
― funky house truther (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 September 2008 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
― Kanye raps about stuff other than shoes on the radio, Friday, September 12, 2008 3:17 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
also ^^this
― funky house truther (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 September 2008 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link
dom can you school me on what he means when he says he'd be tony cascarano circa 1995
― funky house truther (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 September 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Voila!
― Bill E, Monday, 15 September 2008 04:54 (fifteen years ago) link
ha well i googled his name and shit so i know that he's a footballer (lol british thread) but what's the significance of the circa 95 part also why him besides that he was a good soccer player
― funky house truther (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 September 2008 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
having barely heard anything by this band before, i am really really liking the album. christ, it moves at about 300 mph (in a good way), full of drama, great shouty bits, etc
― J4gger Dynamic Pentangle (Just got offed), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i just stumbled upon gareth and tom (one of the guitarists) doing a track by track rundown of the album
http://www.loscampesinos.com/downloads/lc-hony_-_track-by-track.mp3
i can't even tell if this is interesting or not esp cuz gareth did a track by track for DiS
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 October 2008 03:21 (fifteen years ago) link
the album meaning HONY
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 October 2008 03:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I could feel the riot grrrl assemblage collage kid's (i think its gareth?) jealous gaze as i H&M hoodie danced better than him at a Danananakroyd gig at Cardiff Barfly a coupla weeks ago. Actually, i think its because i was pissed and elbowed him in the neck. Either way i think LC are shit
― siskin/skulls, Thursday, 23 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't get past Gareth's voice TBH, which is a shame 'cos the rest of them sound good - reminding me of Broken Social Scene. However, they were excellent live on the Shred Yr Face tour.
― Treblekicker, Thursday, 23 October 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"Miserabilia" off the new album is especially aces IMO.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Thursday, 23 October 2008 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Any band that sings Kenickie lyrics in their live act is fine by me!
― carson dial, Thursday, 23 October 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I could feel the riot grrrl assemblage collage kid's (i think its gareth?) jealous gaze as i H&M hoodie danced better than him at a Danananakroyd gig at Cardiff Barfly a coupla weeks ago
Any chance you could post to the WDYLL thread so I know to avoid you? Thanks in advance
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 October 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
lol british people
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 October 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
pipe down. it was a jibe at the self conciousness of lol indie dress at gigs, ng mencap. you misunderstand my funny.
― siskin/skulls, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
lol this will end well
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think I understand it at all really. Never mind.
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Is there a word for the feeling of awkwardness you get when you meet people in a bar, get on well with them, and then belatedly realise they are a band you have been slagging off on the internet for the past year?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
This happened to me when I met Kanye down Spoony's last week.
― Seannadams Molloy (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i am jealous
― robschneiderMk2 (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i like this but yet i feel remarkably gross for doing so
― Lemonade In Hammocks (electricsound), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
im gonna watch the wab wad dvd tonight :D
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
― Lemonade In Hammocks (electricsound), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 05:00 (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
You gotta give into it, man.
― The boy with the Arab money (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"A fifteen year-old editorial (something)/The last man standing is a girl/Four sweaty boys with guitars tell me nothing about my life"
Which female-lead guitar bands came through in 93? Sleeper?
sleeper, elastica, err
― DANCE MUSIC STUCK AT RECOMBINANT PLATEAU (special guest stars mark bronson), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
echobelly was '94 i think.
When were Republica? I was thinking today as I stood at The Valley that it would be a sad day when "Ready To Go" was no longer played at football league grounds before kick-off.
― Goodnight, Mr. Johnson. (country matters), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
"The last man standing is a girl" would imply that the lead singer went on to have some sorta career after the band, so it must be Wener or Frischman.
― The boy with the Arab money (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
republica was later, 96-7
― DANCE MUSIC STUCK AT RECOMBINANT PLATEAU (special guest stars mark bronson), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
― The boy with the Arab money (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:45 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
sleeper was 3 boys 1 girl and wener 'went through' all the other manz in the band iirc which sort of makes sense there? elastica had the reverse proportion.
― DANCE MUSIC STUCK AT RECOMBINANT PLATEAU (special guest stars mark bronson), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Sleeper had an EP out in '93, I think...
― carson dial, Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
im such a fanboy
http://i43.tinypic.com/2zfl4rp.jpg
it says, "jordan, thanks a lot dude. love gxo"
^_______________^
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 February 2009 08:46 (fifteen years ago) link
hearing them live tonight reminded me of how complicated a lot of their arrangements are
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 February 2009 08:53 (fifteen years ago) link
This is a pretty good album, this is. (The new one, at least.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:05 (fifteen years ago) link
the actual single is just ridiculously good
― baby girl lemme snrub up on you (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 October 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh, there's a new record?
― thomp, Friday, 2 October 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
wait — there's a download-only single and a tour-only single? i just can't keep up with these indie kids.
yeah "the sea is a good place for the future" (or w/e) was a download 'teaser' of some sort, this new one has been sent to radio, is under 3 mins, etc etc
it's streaming on their website - loscampesinos.com
― baby girl lemme snrub up on you (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 October 2009 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
AH. Wow. The Sea was certainly enjoyable and ambient etc. But this is more like it. Punch-in-the-gut-Campesinos! are back!
thx jordan.
― MTLiens (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
gareth really sells the pleading of the chorus - i think his "trying to sing now, guys" voice is kinda great in a way
― baby girl lemme snrub up on you (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I dunno, it feels like just another album track (which could be potentially great). Wish they carried on being the band that made awesome singles though after We Throw Parties and You! Me! Dancing!
― I'M LEGALLY A MIDGET (a hoy hoy), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
ya i feel you. "my year in lists" is actually my fav single of theirs.
― baby girl lemme snrub up on you (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i dno guys i think i get more out of this sea song
― thomp, Friday, 2 October 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
more something they haven't done before. this is good obv.
― thomp, Friday, 2 October 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah fair. i mean, i probably will end up liking the sea more after the shock of this wears off, but it's nice to know that they haven't totally ditched the old mode. the sea continues the trend of doing interesting but dissonant things with the music while amping up the focus on gareth's lyrics - which are evocative, but more SERIOUS i think then they used to be (or at least less funny, because there was a time when they were both). it's a good look for them, and it's a needed shift, because they've probably plumbed the depths of the Hold On Now, Youngster sound by now. but absent the context of the album i'm not sure exactly how much I'll end up loving the Sea is a Good Place.
"my year in lists" is actually my fav single of theirs.
^^^ OTM. Short and fast and dirty, with a pretty awesome video to boot.
― MTLiens (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
loscampesinos Finally finished typing up the lyrics to our new record. 3,530 words, without repeated choruses. I hate myself.about 4 hours ago from UberTwitter
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I = EXCITED.
― fyi vagina (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i already know that this is gonna be in my top 3 albums of 2010, it's basically preordained
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sorta behind: is this material with or without the one singer replaced?
One minor thing that's always fascinated me about them is that they've always broken a basic rule of production, which is that you (generally) want to have all the sounds on a record in some realistic spatial relationship with one another. (Unless you don't.) Whereas they've had one loud shouty back-off-the-mic singer and then one quiet small-voiced close-on-the-mic singer, and they've had to just go with that. Either one of them alone would sound totally normal over the music they play, but having both is kinda strange: he always sounded like he was in a room with a rock band, whereas she wound up pitching in all close-miced like an announcer's voice appearing out of nowhere. I haven't yet heard how the new singer (it's his sister, right?) works, like whether that dynamic remains the same or whether she'll wind up changing it. It's a pretty weird dynamic -- the vocals on their records are really spatially wonky!
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
the new album has vocals from the old female member, she basically quit after the album was completed and a recent tour. the new girl will be signing her parts on tour & presumably the recorded material from here on out, but she doesn't have anything on the new album
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
re the spatiality, i always thought that she was super close-miced because her wispiness wouldn't be able to be heard when the band is full going, but it's very much like gareth uses her as his own internal voice. she never really raises her singing voice or inflects much, it's very much like she is the steady hand mirror to gareth's out of pitch screaming and flailing
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Romance is Boring:
"It is a record about the death and decay of the human body, sex, lost love, mental breakdown, football and, ultimately, that there probably isn’t a light at the end of the tunnel."
So friggin' excited.
― 7borad dudes get sb'd, frequently. (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
well yeah, exactly -- she doesn't have a strong enough voice to be in the same space as him (and obviously it'd just be dumb for him to be close-miced like her), so they just sit where they sit. (and people always go to their concerts and then say "I couldn't hear her! turn up her mic!") you're right about how the contrast works and how they totally use it, but then there's also this whole just-production level on some songs where it still feels really odd to me. it must be very interesting to produce them.
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's weird because they have some elements that are outwardly twee — wordiness, mousy girl vocals, glockenspiel — but they really aim to make lots of noise while still making glock lines a central part of the arrangements (along with the strings). and i think it makes sense that they are produced by one of the broken social scene guys, not sure if many other producers could handle the dynamic of 7 band members all trying to be heard at once.
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
yay more football references. i hope one song is dedicated to losing an epic football manager savefile.
oh how i love this band.
― fyi vagina (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i never got the reference to "tony cascarino circa 1995" - what is the significance of player & year
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
it rhymes?
tony cascarino is a bit of a nob actually but he was a great goalscorer.1995 is an odd year to pick because he went to marseille after they were done for match fixing and were made to be relegated etc. for it.
i guess 'hristo stoichkov in 1995' didn't sound as good.
― fyi vagina (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i love los campesinos, i can't wait for there new album
― FACK, Thursday, 29 October 2009 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda prefer johnny foreigner
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Thursday, 29 October 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda prefer getting my balls twisted off by an angry lesbian
― merked, Friday, 30 October 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
think i might see them on Saturday. can anybody vouch for their live show?
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 30 October 2009 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
very fun imo
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 October 2009 00:36 (fourteen years ago) link
They do have swine flu, mind you! Even had a bucket on stage with them tonight in Oxford, just in case. But yes, lots of fun!
― carson dial, Friday, 30 October 2009 00:55 (fourteen years ago) link
copy haho who are touring with them now are good & fun too
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 October 2009 00:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yes they are
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Friday, 30 October 2009 00:56 (fourteen years ago) link
(copy haho's too pure 7" out now folks)
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Friday, 30 October 2009 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
(don't ask the Copy Haho singer about his German girlfriend! Sore subject tonight!)
― carson dial, Friday, 30 October 2009 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"I think we need more post-coital and less post-rock" is the ultimate expression of music nerd sexual frustration t/f
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Hello,We, the band Los Campesinos!, are delighted to inform you of the details of the release of our imminent fourth album, Hello Sadness.The 14th November (15th in North America) will see the record's birth in CD, Vinyl and Digital format.Conceived in Girona, Spain earlier this year, under the watchful eye of producer John Goodmanson, Hello Sadness is ten songs of love, loss and heartbreak nail-gunned to a back-drop of broken, tangled bodies, creeping, dead-eyed animals, suffocating, looming shadows and World Cup exits. It is an honest, bare bones documentation of breaking up and trying not to break up in the process.As an incentive for you to get in early and pre-order your copy, we've put together what we consider to be a pretttttty impressive pre-order bundle, only available direct from Los Campesinos! and for a limited time. This includes:CD/Vinyl copy of Hello Sadness before store-release date.Digital download of Hello SadnessExclusive Limited Edition DVD of footage from the recording of the new album. Including Documentary and a “How To Play...” feature.Exclusive LC!.com pre-order only 'Palmist' t-shirt.Hold On Now, Youngster... 'The Demos' CD – recently unearthed demo versions of songs from our first album. Including rare track How I Taught Myself To Scream and the previously unreleased No Tetris.Just head on over to our website to get it while you can.As ever, we thank you for your interest and support. We're really excited about this new record, and we're looking forward to you joining us in that excitement,All the best,LC!
All the best,LC!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
― gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
― ✇ (Tape Store), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Huzzah! Now they just need to get Heat Rash #2 out. Only quarterly zine I know that publishes on a yearly basis. (I kid. Psyched for the new album, although the title is a bit :/)
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know, the title is very much in character for these guys.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
This is such great news
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
ordered my bundle, t shirt in black :)
― gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
soooooooooooo does gareth campesinos! break up with someone once a year or
― thomp, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
so pumped
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Too soon to arbitrarily pick out songs we are excited about based only on their titles? Because:
05. Every Defeat A Divorce (Three Lions)
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that title made me literally lol
― gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
more songs about soccer
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's hilarious that they went & recorded an album in freaking spain that they ended up naming 'hello sadness' w/ a cover photo that's like the antithesis of spain
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
spain is a p sad place
FAT KAKA
― gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
hope fat kaka gets a mention here
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
i am very excited about this
― phantompenguin, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
indiest £50m footballer
― gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
New song "By Your Hand" is out now, and it's catchy but really soft around the edges—there's almost no bite to Gareth's voice. Not sure if I like that change.
― Evan R, Thursday, 8 September 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ku_ZMPJ5M0&feature=player_embedded
― Gukbe, Thursday, 8 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
whoa i love this
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
gareth's voice sounds great i think, really full like he's trying to sing from his belly
sounds like something off 'we are beautiful, we are doomed' imo
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
on laptop speakers it sounds like they made some rudimentary attempt to make the full-band vocal harmonize rather than just yell in a rough unison
whatever i mean i like it
was not expecting a shot of the guitarist singing! um i think his name is tom possibly i don't know
how many of them are there at this point, i forgot to count
― thomp, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
Is that Tom? Ollie is gone now and was replaced by Rob. Harriet is leaving soon. Alecks left post-RiB and Kim is on vocals now. The rest are the same, so I think that the size of the band hasn't changed.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
I like By Your Hand but there's something different that will take getting used to. Gareth's voice sounds fuller and warmer and more trained somehow? It's less of a yelp, even at its shoutiest.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
it's one of the dude guitarists, prob tom
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
why is harriet leaving
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
it's def a bit odd to hear his voice that way but i think it's kinda cool
also lyrics are still on point
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
hottie contingent depleting rapdily :(
― Gukbe, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
eh, the new drummer is an improvement in the face
― thomp, Thursday, 8 September 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
and gareth looks like he's washed his hair but that might just be for the video
i don't want to rain on the los camp party, but after the insane growth between wabwad and rib, i'm wondering if it's even possible for the new album to maintain that trajectory of artistic growth. i do like this new song though. it's solid.
― phantompenguin, Friday, 9 September 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone else listen to the heat rash single? i played those two songs into the ground.
― phantompenguin, Friday, 9 September 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
i listened to them a few times, thought 'there is a reason the aren't on the albums' and shelved them. maybe i should go back, i was in a happier mood when i got them.
Kim looks way too much like her brother Gareth for me in terms of 'hottie contingent'. Boo.
Blog doesn't say why Harriet is leaving, although i'm sure sharing the spoils of a v. indie band w/ your 34 other band mates can't be too good for the bank balance in 2011.
i really like this though.
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Friday, 9 September 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
Some of the urgency (in Gareth's vox + the music) is lost. Reminds me of the crooner on RIB ("Who Fell Asleep In"), which I still hate. Massive black hole in the middle of that record.
Mind you I though "Sea is a Good Place" was rubbish when it leaked, and now I really like it, so my opinion on "By Yr Hand" might change too.
To echo phantompenguin above. It was inevitable that at some point, Los Camp! would have grown away from what I loved about them in the first place. At least the affair lasted longer than the one with Bloc Party -- man did they fall off fast. I dunno: perhaps band loyalty is harder to maintain in musically glutted times we are livin in...
Intrigued by the Heat Rash singles, are they on youtube?
― Mercer Finn, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
Once the shock (or non-shock) wore off, the new song only took a couple listens to completely win me over. They can stray in whatever direction they want so long as the song writing remains this sharp.
― Evan R, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
this is sneakily dense. i didn't realize how much was going on til i put on my headphones.
― phantompenguin, Friday, 9 September 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Still not feeling it, but "Light Leaves, Dark Sees" is great, so there's hope.
― Mercer Finn, Saturday, 10 September 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
pfft love affair being over; their last album had their best songs on it!
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 11 September 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
a bit of a "yonkers" homage, eh?
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Monday, 26 September 2011 07:37 (twelve years ago) link
Woooooooooooooooooooooo
Just about to listen to this! Also it has come with TWO free CDs and a free download AND a T-Shirt how could I not love this band?
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
oooh one is a dvd
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Did you preorder it somewhere? I want free goodies. Two more weeks til its out here.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
("to tundra" <---- this song is overwhelming)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 November 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
There are so few albums this year that I really connected with, especially indie albums, that I deeply, deeply want this album to be a masterpiece. Right the draft of my best of the year list is way too heavy on albums I respect and way short on albums I love.
― Evan R, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah they did a pre-order thing ages ago. http://www.loscampesinos.com/wheat/hello-sadness-new-album-14th-november-2011/ afaik this link still works.
Sucks that the only time I am in the same place as them, the show is sold out. And they were fucking giving away free tickets to Heat Rash subscribers! I should check my blogs more regularly.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
Must be sold out, because following through the links just takes you to a page for t-shirts. I should have jumped on this quicker.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
shit i need to get these HNY demos
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 November 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
2. I Love You (But You’re Boring)A cover of Gareth’s favourite song by his favourite band, The Beautiful South (featuring backing vocals from Gareth and Kim’s Dad).
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
wait so the demos are my 2nd free cd? YAY.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
FINALLY got a copy of Tweexcore then - life is sweet today. Shame it doesnt have We Throw Partis but I guess I'll go downloading.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Really wish that more bands did pre-orders like this. And since they sent the email today I assumed that it was only being posted today so it was a great surprise to get home and already have it waiting! Halfway through first listen now.
A hoy hoy, are you around in London on Monday as well?
― if, Friday, 4 November 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
yuh
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
I have two tickets for the KCLSU gig on Monday night and now have no one to go with, so you are welcome to buy the spare one!
― if, Friday, 4 November 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
i am going to be with a lady friend so :( ...tbh i would blow her off but i am staying at hers that night and would prefer somewhere to sleep than lc!
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Aww ok.
― if, Friday, 4 November 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
can i just say that the inlay artwork is the worst. i cannot read a fucking thing, everything is too small and printed in colours that blended into the background.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
did the pre-order but didn't get the e-mail with the mp3s, and given that i'm in canada haven't gotten the LP proper yet. sigh.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 4 November 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
al check yr mails
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
it's ok. i sent them an e-mail with my proof of purchase and they're supposedly going to get it sorted, according to gareth's twitter.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 4 November 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
cool.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
one day i would like to enjoy a full album by these guys as much as i enjoy the first three songs of we are beautiful, we are doomed
the new single really grew on me, though
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Friday, 4 November 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
A band I always liked who are a bit like these, but imo better (not to mention Spanish language) are La Casa Azul. Anyone know em?
― Glo-Vember (dog latin), Friday, 4 November 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
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they did this! it is: the rest of we are beautiful, we are doomed
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
you can lead a horse to water but it won't drown itself
omg.
so far i think i like this more than i did romance is boring the first time i heard that. dunno if anything will smack me across the face like straight in at 101 or we got yr back tho.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i <3 that line
i'm really looking forward to gareth posting the lyrics online
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 November 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
if i werent busy playing fm12 and about to go to work, i'd go all jordan-as-2008-gucci-fan-of-the-year on this shit
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 4 November 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
this thread title needs an exclamation point already.
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Friday, 4 November 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
What he said. Still my favourite LC! release, although the other two LPs are close behind
Have my download code now. Listening to it. Three tracks in. My reaction is less intense that it was to Romance is Boring but it's all good so far.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
Beautiful/Doomed is still my favourite rather.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wow. The last half of the album is really something special.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 4 November 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
This is streaming on NPR right now. Listened to it last night, perfectly OK but samey? voc grates a little.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
morbs!
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
what, I'm not allowed to listen to new albums now?
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
That feeling of hearing "By Your Hand" again for the first time in five or six weeks... pretty great.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
i love it when morbs turns up talking about bands i love (he was p vocal too when i started a thread for that last disappointing magnetic fields record iirc). i also find american politics p lame, so if only i had more knowledge of olde timee movies, i feel like we could be ilx bros.
― GOIT BUZZ TOYS (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
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no it's awesome, i just didn't know that you had any idea who LC! are
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 November 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't even heard that last disappointing magnetic fields record
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol it was v forgettable whether you heard it or not. but you talk about tmf and discuss their tour dates within that thread.
(memories of one of the first threads i started not about football)
― GOIT BUZZ TOYS (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
After exhausting the first three albums on a ravenous kick this week I returned to Hello Sadness, wondering if I might appreciate it some more with distance. I didn't. What a flat, disappointing album. "Every Defeat a Divorce (Three Lions)" has got to be the worst song they've ever written. Like, I get that you like soccer, but why put a very literal song about that fandom in the middle of an album? Do you have any sense of what it is you do anymore?
― Evan R, Monday, 3 September 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
ha i like that song a lot. soccer is pretty central to the LC! experience & idk... i think the way gareth writes about romance applies well to sports too
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
i'm split on which of the last two albums i like better. the first two are clear standouts to me.
"to tundra" is one of the best songs they've ever written tho. & "by your hand" was a great single.
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
EDAD is barely about football dude.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 3 September 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
in fact the whole album he seems to have turned down the footer references. or sport in general. edad is about his parents divorce, it is just half framed around watching football. songs about yr girlfriend has a reference to kit. by yr hand has a snooker reference.
it is less great than the other 3 but it has by yr hand, hello sadness, edad, life is a long time and baby i got the death rattle which may be my favourite lc! song so...
its like they made a 7.5/10 record instead of the 9s and 10s the others were. not a huge deal.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
Soccer has always been background coloring on LC!'s albums (as, to a greater extent, has music fandom and scenesterism), fun details that fleshed out the songs and gave a sense of Gareth's greater tastes and interests and made him seem like more than the sum of his orneriness and heartbreak. And I get that in some of Gareth's most wry lyrics all of those concerns have exaggerated, world-ending significance, but to actually dedicate a whole song to soccer just confuses everything thematically. I mean, this is a breakup album. Imagine if, like, Marvin Gaye had sandwiched a song about how the Tigers were having a crappy season into Here My Dear, putting that disappointment on the same plane as his withering love.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
"By Your Hand" is a classic LC single, and "To Tundra" is really graceful, so Hello Sadness closes with some dignity, but the middle section is so soggy and uninspired. Romance is Boring is by far the better album; the prose and storytelling on the record are so much more biting and effusive. For all its sprawl, everything on that album is so alive.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
This one family photographAlways floats to the topLike a beaming, bloated corpseThough having been made upMy memories are sepiaBut the photograph is notAn historian is fucking with themAs deadly as garrotte
Where they're standing in the kitchenWith his arms around her waistWith no idea of what's to comeAnd a smile across your faceAnd all the fittings are the sameBut every other thing has changedMust forget everything you knowAs though your mouth and tongue estrangedSmall comforts found in ABBA GoldAnd electronic chessWhen West Clewes was my WaterlooMy most dramatic testNow I've been walking down the shortcutsAnd the alleys in the darkBecause I'm not scared of the shadowsThey're no blacker than my heart
These things rattle round my headIf he hasn't blown the whistleThen it isn't quite the end.
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How is this not about his parents divorce and instead "about how the Tigers were having a crappy season"?
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Seems to me like he's using the divorce as a metaphor for soccer, not the other way around, right? Because a soccer defeat is a very inadequate metaphor for your parents' crushing divorce; when you reverse that equation you a least get some absurd humor from the asymmetry of the comparison
― Evan R, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Nah it is about him remembering a time when they were getting divorced as he also goes to watch England get beat with his dad. Also THAT game* (which half the first verse eludes to) was pretty crushing on a lot of people, and to use it as what should have been a distraction and instead was a punch in the nuts just adds to the weight imo. idk i guess i find it easier relating considering i would have been the same age, with the same england football enthusiasm, going through a parents divorce.
*Argentina 2 - 2 England with Argentina winning on penalties, obv. It is about a legendary a game of sport gets. It made a national hero (Michael Owen). It made an international villain (David Beckham). Two penalties within the first 15 minutes. It had beautiful bits of skill and two especially great goals, one which was a true sucker punch free kick routine by Argentina. It had England (Sol Campbell iirc?) seemingly score the winning goal and have it disallowed. And then of course penalties.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Honestly I think that game was a big turning point in how the country viewed a ton of things, sport and celebrity and national support etc. There hasn't really been national support of a sporting figure like Owen got that night since Farah/Ennis last month, we kinda just took 14 years off.
Also didn't help that we'd been to war with them a decade ago.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
Basically go watch that game. It used to be on youtube.
I tip my hat and walk back some of my criticisms; that's a really solid read of the song. (I still hate this song, to be sure, but I'll blame that more on the UK/USA culture gap than any songwriting shortcomings.)
― Evan R, Monday, 3 September 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
every time i listen to the latest album, i'm surprised by how solid it is and how much i like it, but i don't feel compelled to put it on the way i did romance is boring and certainly don't adore it the way i did wab/wad
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 3 September 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
i never picked up on the divorce part
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, 3 September 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
its in the name
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 3 September 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
that is certainly true.....
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, 3 September 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
task force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L41wqBPc1_g&feature=youtu.be
― J0rdan S., Friday, 23 August 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
thanks for posting! is this a new album? must investigate this. whatever it is, i'm digign it.
― phantompenguin, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
yeah upcoming
― J0rdan S., Friday, 23 August 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
ASSEMBLE
https://soundcloud.com/los-campesinos/what-death-leaves-behind/s-jDNo5
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 August 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
this song is GREAT
WE WILL FLOWER AGAIN
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
holy fuck. What a song. John Goodmanson's production on this is just incredible.
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Why must I lie awake, from dusk until the morning, through fear of bein' impaled upon errant mattress spring?Within a waking dream I finally made my heel turn, lived life as Super 8 when you were promised HiltonPropose me as a pardon for sins, led on barbecue I'm burnt offeringsI proof-read the Book of Job for the Lord: edit one, League Cup 2004We, delicate as a filigree, cleared a place for us in the chicoryColosseum blood will dry in the sun (is it true...?)
GOAT
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 August 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
Why must I lie awake, from dusk until the morning, through fear of bein' impaled upon errant mattress spring?
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Why yes I will post the tracklist
1. For Flotsam2. What Death Leaves Behind3. A Portrait Of The Trequartista As A Young Man4. Cemetary Gaits5. Glue Me6. As Lucerne/The Low7. Avocado, Baby8. Let It Spill9. The Time Before The Last Time10. Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary)
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Avocado, Baby > Picasso, Baby
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
is this their optimistic album?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 August 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
those big thwacking snares on this are so good
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 August 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
i already like this better than anything on the previous record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 29 August 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
nah, by your hand still holds up really well
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 August 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
3. A Portrait Of The Trequartista As A Young Man
this is like the ur-campesinos song title right here
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
all goosebumps-ed out from this song. Love love love.
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
this fucking band is going to make me reopen my Livejournal account
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
this song is really, really good
"by your hand" is awesome though yeah. "to tundra" off the last joint is one of their best songs ever too.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
Hello Sadness was good enough, only OK, but I'll forever love it for lowering my expectations enough that I could be surprised and delighted by this new one. I didn't think the band had the wow factor left in them anymore.
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
HOLY FUCK COLOUR ME EXCITED
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 29 August 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
all of the above especially the love for to tundra and the fact that most of hello sadness wasn't as mediocre as many of us older fans felt but that after some realllllly high quality heat rash singles and this i am v psyched for this record
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 29 August 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
Is there a way to hear those Heat Rash singles? I would happily shell out money for them; it was dumb of me not to subscribe.
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
not to my knowledge although if you email gareth at askheatrash or the official los camp account maybe he'd send you the mp3s for paypal?
if not (or if so?) send me an email
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 29 August 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
the heat rash singles were great, but so was the tiptoe through the true bits b side they released for free through the blog and the christmas single which i don't think was a heat rash exclusive last year? doe to a deer iirc.
Heat Rash / Non Album Stuff:
Kindle a Flame in Her Heart / The Holly and the Ivy (December 2010)Heat Rash #1: Light Leaves, Dark Sees / Four SeasonsHeat Rash #2: Dreams Don't Become You / I Love You (But You're Boring)A Doe to a Deer (December 2012)Heat Rash #3: Allez Les Blues / Dumb LuckHeat Rash #4: She Crows (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #4) / To the BoneyardTiptoe Through the True Bits
Heat Rash #2 is covers and they're ok but not vital. #1 was good but not mindblowing. #3 and #4 are some of my favourite songs from that era of LC! and Doe to a Deer / Tiptoe are A+ wonderful.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 29 August 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
Super helpful! Thanks!
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
All of three and four are on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobSHa4QTsQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44MvaT-2XzQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZsBbGPtICUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MEZem5q2nw
― devvvine, Thursday, 29 August 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
aw i dont think i received hr#4
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 29 August 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
a heart of stone, rind so tough it's crazy / that's why they call me the avocado, baby
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 September 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
press copy? i haven't gotten my preorder yet.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 27 September 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
There aren't many albums lined up for the rest of the year that I'm looking forward to (at least not ones with hard release dates), so I'm trying to lower my hopes for this album, because right now they're probably way too high
― Evan R, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah gareth sent me the album
i haven't had a chance to listen to it much yet unfortunately but it sounds really good..."glue me" is my favorite i think
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 September 2013 06:00 (ten years ago) link
Outstanding album
― Evan R, Thursday, 17 October 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
This might be a Top 10 of the year for me. Really enjoying it. Every song is so tight and compact.
― Evan R, Friday, 18 October 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
Download link sent out to pre-orderers about 10 mins ago.
― michaellambert, Saturday, 19 October 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
no blues indeed.
gareth might have not had his heartbroken in a while.
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 20 October 2013 11:24 (ten years ago) link
This is streaming on Pitchfork advance now
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
people laugh they will call it follybut we connected like a yeboah volley
― pandemic, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
leave with all the dignityof missed Panenka penalty
― pandemic, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
anybody else get the free download code for the A Good Night for a Fistfight live album? it's immediately telling me the code is not valid. wondering if anyone else had this problem.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:26 (ten years ago) link
This is excellent.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 6 December 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/haim-and-los-campesinos-have-the-worlds-most-indie-twitter-f
lol
― Crackle Box, Monday, 9 December 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Being from the states I don't know what anything in that article is or means, but it all seems awful. Just awful.
― Evan R, Monday, 9 December 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
New album coming, new single:
https://soundcloud.com/los-campesinos/i-broke-up-in-amarante
― Evan R, Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
i am enjoying the new album from unpopular beat combo los campesinos!
― devvvine, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
Same. I wish Americans had a greater appetite for self-loathing and football metaphors. They weren't even able to tour here on the last one!
― fits, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
I really like 'Sick Scenes' too. Currently on a US tour, aren't they?
― michaellambert, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
I haven't connected with this one at all :(
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I'm seeing them in a few weeks. Hope this album is as good as the last one.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
maybe I'm underrating it... those first three songs are killers. When the energy drops though the band seems to show its age
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
I'm quite enjoying them settling into a few mid-tempo numbers in their advanced age, but yeah it definitely thins out on the second half.
― fits, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
maybe I'm underrating it... those first three songs are killers
haven't heard the new one yet but this has been sorta the case with the last two albums. the great songs are so GREAT though
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
When I saw them in december 'I Broke Up in Amarante' got maybe the biggest reception i've ever seen a new song get.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
they've apparently been opening their shows with "the low" which, i'd have to leave immediately for having a nervous breakdown during the first song
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
the great songs are so GREAT though
I WAY overrated No Blues because it has two or three total knockouts on it; that's probably why I'm more guarded with this one. But when this band was on their game even their filler used to be gold
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
they're just doing the same thing as No Blues here, with the synths a bit less prominent, but not much stands out
i really miss the noise & ambition of We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed & Romance is Boring, it's a bit strange how that all disappeared not too long afterwards with Hello Sadness
― ufo, Thursday, 23 February 2017 04:12 (seven years ago) link
That's definitely been gnawing at me. There's a 'fuck it, throw everything at the wall and see what sticks' attitude on Romance that I really miss. Feel like not being able to do the band full time took it out of them a bit. If they get to make another one maybe they should just ask Jamie Stewart to produce it.
― devvvine, Thursday, 23 February 2017 10:34 (seven years ago) link
https://www.sportsalcohol.com/20-best-los-campesinos-songs-far-post-lists/
― Evan R, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:04 (seven years ago) link
good list but replace "by your hand" with "as lucerne/the low"
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
xp Pretty great list, especially love your words on 'i just sighed..' which might be my favourite as well.
'in medias res', 'to tundra', 'drop it doe eyes' and 'she crows' probably the only omissions i'd fight hard for
― devvvine, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
the fav i'd fight for is "i warned you: do not make an enemy of me"
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
In hindsight I'd have put "Lucerne" somewhere on my list. That's an anthem. "Do Not Make An Enemy of Me" is one of those songs I always forget I love until like 30 seconds in, and always forget I REALLY love until the chorus comes in.
Looking at the lists ppl are sharing on Twitter shows how wide the range of interest is in Romance is Boring. There's something for everybody there.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
I gave the new album some space and it grew on me in a big way. Their best album since Romance is Boring. "5 Flucloxacillin" is sensational.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
would put In Medias Res and I Just Sighed... right at the top & Drop It Doe Eyes somewhere but it's good to see those WABWAD tracks in the top 5
― ufo, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
has to be the first indie rock song with flucloxacillin in the title
― k3vin k., Thursday, 16 March 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
Not right to call this old ageBut it certainly ain't youth no more
― Evan R, Thursday, 18 May 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
Was kinda down on side B at first but have been going back to it loads recently. Might rank this above WabWad now.
― devvvine, Thursday, 25 May 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
This band's great trick was going from making some of the most immediate records of their era to making growers. Sick Scenes has really aged beautifully.
― Evan R, Thursday, 30 November 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
Hold On Now, Youngster turns 10 today
'Hold On Now, Youngster…' is 1️⃣0️⃣ years old today! 🎉Related commemorations and celebrations, coming soon.For now, blast it loud on your headphones one time tonight. pic.twitter.com/BqwjQzDLEL— Los Campesinos! (@LosCampesinos) February 22, 2018
― Evan R, Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
front to back classic
― devvvine, Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
yeah I'm so lucky to have this thing in my life
― Evan R, Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
aw I remembered 'You! Me! Dancing' only just this week. What a fantastic song. What a great band. I should have spent more time with them.
― Badgers (dog latin), Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
this album saved me from trash-heap indie
― devvvine, Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
You Me Dancing, My Year in Lists, Death to Los Campesinos, Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks...I still play these on the regular, brilliant energy.
This and Thunder Lightning Strike by The Go! Team were my go-to mood boosters for years
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
https://goo.gl/images/1goPv3 Probably posted this in another thread, but agree/disagree with the music he loves, the Phonogram series is a good read.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
Whoops. It's the third image down in this article. One Phonogram character recommends the band to another. There's a page that follows where the second character listens to "You! Me! Dancing!" and loves it.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
listened to this again today and it sounded as good as ever
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
then i was listening to some of romance is boring and it also sounded great
Those are the two that have held up the best, I think. But whenever I put on We Are Beautiful, that one sounds glorious, too. I'm really hoping some younger bands discover them and are inspired by their voraciousness.
― Evan R, Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
between like crying, martha and modern baseball they've already had a pretty good influence imo
― devvvine, Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
how was their album from last year? i've been meaning to check it out (since, uh, last year).
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
it's really good, their best since Romance is Boring, but it doesn't quite deliver the youthful jolt most people probably expect from this band
― Evan R, Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
they had a really incredible run with those first three albums
― ufo, Friday, 23 February 2018 01:03 (six years ago) link
Reissues of HONY and WABWAD out in Oct to celebrate the glorious anniversary!
http://www.loscampesinos.com/news/2018/4/11/hold-on-now-youngster-and-we-are-beautiful-we-are-doomed-to-be-remastered-and-repressed
― devvvine, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
On Saturday October 13th we’ll be playing our biggest ever UK headline show at the O2 Forum, London. MISERABILIA, as we’re calling it, will be unlike any Los Camp! gig before as we’ll be playing two sets, supporting ourselves.
The first set will be made up solely of songs from the above mentioned albums (plus maybe some other tracks from the time…) and then once we’ve towelled down and sprayed on some deodorant we’ll be back out on stage again to play another set, made up of the rest of our catalogue from the past decade of being the UK’s premiere DIY/punk/emo (delete as applicable) band.
😻
― Evan R, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
picked up a ticket, may be US shows as well:
We're really excited that you're excited, thank you.AMERICANS - please don't do anything rash and fly over like you say you're going to. We're looking into the affordability of/getting the time off work for US shows. We'll keep you posted...— Los Campesinos! (@LosCampesinos) April 11, 2018
― devvvine, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
the above show was very excellent
― devvvine, Sunday, 14 October 2018 07:55 (five years ago) link
i mean:
This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics"Death to Los Campesinos!Ways to Make It Through the WallDrop It Doe EyesDocumented Minor Emotional Breakdown # 1You'll Need Those Fingers for CrossingWe Are All Accelerated ReadersKnee Deep at ATPMy Year in ListsFrontwardsMiserabilia...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison
I Broke Up in AmaranteWhat Death Leaves BehindRomance Is BoringBy Your HandA Slow, Slow DeathA Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; or, Letters from Me to Charlotte5 FlucloxacillinFor FlotsamSongs About Your GirlfriendHere's to the Fourth Time!We've Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2)The Fall of HomeBaby I Got the Death RattleStraight In at 101I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You KnowWe Are Beautiful, We Are DoomedThe Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the FutureAvocado, BabyCoda: A Burn Scar in the Shape of the Sooner State
Heart Swells / Pacific Daylight TimeHello SadnessYou! Me! Dancing!Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
greatest to ever do it
― devvvine, Sunday, 14 October 2018 07:57 (five years ago) link
Thanks for the setlist, was also there and it was fantastic.
― michaellambert, Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
Goosebumps when they played “...Sooner State”.
― michaellambert, Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
holy shit
my only suggestion is they should always play “the low”
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 October 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
the low and in medias res would have been welcome but honestly the best show i've ever been to.also great was the scalper outside kentish town tube station trying to sell tickets to the peasants
― devvvine, Sunday, 14 October 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
I was impressed the show was a big enough deal to have bootleg t-shirts on sale outside.
We were discussing it after and despite playing for about 2.5 hrs there were still at least half a dozen big tunes left out.
― michaellambert, Sunday, 14 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
for once in my life i can say i have valentine's day plans
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of our third album, ‘Romance Is Boring’ we will be repressing the sold-out album on vinyl, plus playing a lusty double header of shows in London, on Valentine’s Weekend 2020You can pre-order your remastered copy of Romance Is Boring on gatefold gold vinyl now, as well as getting hold of it's companion, the ‘All’s Well That Ends’ EP. ‘All’s Well That Ends’ is limited to just 500 copies on 10” vinyl and features brand new artwork by LC!’s own R N Taylor. All pre-orders come with a Valentine’s Card signed by the band.Also up for grabs is ‘Romance Is Boring: an Oral History’ — an extensive ‘zine featuring conversations with Los Campesinos! members past and present over the last decade, as well as exclusive photographs and illustrations.
You can pre-order your remastered copy of Romance Is Boring on gatefold gold vinyl now, as well as getting hold of it's companion, the ‘All’s Well That Ends’ EP. ‘All’s Well That Ends’ is limited to just 500 copies on 10” vinyl and features brand new artwork by LC!’s own R N Taylor. All pre-orders come with a Valentine’s Card signed by the band.
Also up for grabs is ‘Romance Is Boring: an Oral History’ — an extensive ‘zine featuring conversations with Los Campesinos! members past and present over the last decade, as well as exclusive photographs and illustrations.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
furloughed as of this morning so have been sat here ranking their songs
https://isthisyoursanderling.tumblr.com/post/617366942035116032/furlough-special-los-campesinos-ranked
― devvvine, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
very much agreed with the top 2 but i have never liked "baby i got the death rattle"
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 12:37 (three years ago) link
new album finished, out this summer
― devvvine, Saturday, 17 February 2024 23:37 (two months ago) link