i do think that they've got it in them to make the indiepop "juicy" thou
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:29 (seventeen years ago) link
define:self-parody
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:54 (seventeen years ago) link
RIP Big Man?
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
My ex-girlfriend used to say that
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link
When you came?
― acrobat, Friday, 10 August 2007 13:58 (seventeen 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 (seventeen 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 (seventeen 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
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 (four 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 (four years ago) link
new album finished, out this summer
― devvvine, Saturday, 17 February 2024 23:37 (seven months ago) link
all hell out July 19th, based on the first song and that it's 15 tracks I'm hoping this is RiB II.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:22 (four months ago) link
I can’t see anything about it other than your post devvvine.
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:46 (four months ago) link
went out yesterday evening in a newsletter, think should go public this morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgwEUnBmcE4
― devvvine, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:49 (four months ago) link
https://loscampesinos.substack.com/p/all-hell-the-new-los-campesinos-album
this has the details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgwEUnBmcE4
this is the single. not really romance is boring 2, sounds like they've been listening to like, foxing?
― ufo, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 09:12 (four months ago) link
That makes me excited to check it out. Foxing is exactly what they shoulda been listening to imo! (But also Romance is Boring is my least favorite one so I'm a weirdo)
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:03 (four months ago) link
a second new one, in classic lc! stomper mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN0ZaXKBFYg
― devvvine, Thursday, 16 May 2024 17:29 (four months ago) link
You’re all in agreement that the police are uselessThey want them emboldened, Baby, you want them bootlessThe punks on the playlist, are crooning for kindnessAsking “why can’t we all just get along?”Me and my friends are sadists, backbreakers for spinelessWish ‘em dead and then we’ll put it in a song
― devvvine, Friday, 19 July 2024 12:34 (two months ago) link
I'm not all that familiar with their earlier music but their new one is the best record I've heard in 2024.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 26 July 2024 00:05 (one month ago) link
for a band yet to record a bad song, it's still a surprise how essential this feels. they've managed grasp a scope and ambition they maybe lost hold of for a little bit.
― devvvine, Friday, 26 July 2024 08:34 (one month ago) link
it's quite good, definitely better than the last, but it's still not on the level of their best material. i'm a bit surprised at how positive the reaction has been overall. might be able to make a case for 'best since romance is boring' though idk yet
― ufo, Friday, 26 July 2024 09:18 (one month ago) link
I know I'm a Bernard Sumner fan at all, but several lyrics had me rolling my eyes.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 July 2024 09:58 (one month ago) link
nothing new there unfortunately
― ufo, Friday, 26 July 2024 12:53 (one month ago) link
yeah i'm happy to say this is their best since romance is boring, and their best-produced album
― ufo, Monday, 29 July 2024 11:32 (one month ago) link