Los Campesinos

Listening now.

"I am not Bonnie Tyler/ And I am not Toni Braxton"

7. This Is How You Spell ‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams of A Generation of Faux-Romantics’

^^^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.

My copy has a track 12, called "2007 The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)"

Anyway, so yeah, 2008 album of the year.

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.

I relented, it's as wonderful as I'd hoped.

guitars on this are great

sadly, much as when live, this is boringly samey. you can interchange vocal lines between most of their songs.

when seen live

I was really hoping they'd have some new tricks up their sleeve for the lp. sadly not.

guys this album is so good

Anyway, so yeah, 2008 album of the year.

-- 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.

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.

worst album cover of 2008 for sure

"I cherish, in fondness, the day before I met you" is such a great line.

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"

this is the best album of 1998

makes me want to kill

The correct line is 'god help us if there's a war' but 'makes me want to kill' will do.

http://www.summersdale.com/images/You-Know-Youre-Getting-Old-.jpg

Still pretending to like Busted, eh?

Would have been shit in 1998 as well.

Hepburn represent!

This album is awful.

Dom--M S T U have reformed.

Seriously?

This album is brilliant and you all have taste in your arse - 3000 posts to follow.

haha at this whole thread

"I never got my ears pierced, and look how I turned out"

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.

Seriously?

-- 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.

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

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 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.

Also you are all missing the most important factor which is that THE DUDE SINGER LOOKS LIKE GRAHAM.

A 9/10? With the reviewer fighting the impulse to give it 10/10?

What am I missing with this band?

I mean, it's only one review, obv., but the disc is getting pretty good reviews overall, and I just don't get it.

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.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142724-los-campesinos-to-release-another-album-already

Yaaaaaaaay!

whoa :D :D :D

10 All Your Kayfabe Friends

Oh Dompaws

Ucchchctsch,.

http://www.fabchannel.com/los_campesinos_concert/

Four sweaty boys with guitars tell me NOTHING about my life

this lyric always makes me think about the lex

So many threads this could go on....

Are you fucking listening, Pitchfork’s [nabisco] [.]?

He only said "white" three times. Disappointing.

But he said paedo upwards of 600.

loooooooooool musical politics

Stars Of Track & Field >>>> The Drugs Don't Work.

It's true though, everyone who likes this band is actually a paedo. No exceptions.

went out yesterday evening in a newsletter, think should go public this morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgwEUnBmcE4

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?

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)

a second new one, in classic lc! stomper mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN0ZaXKBFYg

You’re all in agreement that the police are useless
They want them emboldened, Baby, you want them bootless
The punks on the playlist, are crooning for kindness
Asking “why can’t we all just get along?”
Me and my friends are sadists, backbreakers for spineless
Wish ‘em dead and then we’ll put it in a song

I'm not all that familiar with their earlier music but their new one is the best record I've heard in 2024.

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.

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

I know I'm a Bernard Sumner fan at all, but several lyrics had me rolling my eyes.

nothing new there unfortunately

yeah i'm happy to say this is their best since romance is boring, and their best-produced album

finally got around to all hell which triggered a discog run. no blues remains insanely underrated. and all hell is nearly as good as romance is boring :)

but i'm a weirdo who thinks the first to lc! albums are mostly like... fine. first three tracks of we are beautiful are the greatest songs ever made but it's hard for me to inhabit the rest like i did when i was in college

first two*

likewise, the first two are kind of inseparable from being 16/17. whereas I've aged alongside the others more so. if i was making a list of the greatest twee/indie pop records I would put HONY in there with a bullet though.