Los Campesinos

this fucking band is going to make me reopen my Livejournal account

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.

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.

HOLY FUCK COLOUR ME EXCITED

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

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.

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

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 Seasons
Heat 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 Luck
Heat Rash #4: She Crows (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #4) / To the Boneyard
Tiptoe 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.

Super helpful! Thanks!

All of three and four are on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobSHa4QTsQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44MvaT-2XzQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZsBbGPtICU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MEZem5q2nw

aw i dont think i received hr#4

a heart of stone, rind so tough it's crazy / that's why they call me the avocado, baby

press copy? i haven't gotten my preorder yet.

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

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

Outstanding album

This might be a Top 10 of the year for me. Really enjoying it. Every song is so tight and compact.

Download link sent out to pre-orderers about 10 mins ago.

no blues indeed.

gareth might have not had his heartbroken in a while.

This is streaming on Pitchfork advance now

people laugh they will call it folly
but we connected like a yeboah volley

leave with all the dignity
of missed Panenka penalty

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.

This is excellent.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/haim-and-los-campesinos-have-the-worlds-most-indie-twitter-f

lol

Being from the states I don't know what anything in that article is or means, but it all seems awful. Just awful.

New album coming, new single:

https://soundcloud.com/los-campesinos/i-broke-up-in-amarante

i am enjoying the new album from unpopular beat combo los campesinos!

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!

I really like 'Sick Scenes' too. Currently on a US tour, aren't they?

I haven't connected with this one at all :(

I'm seeing them in a few weeks. Hope this album is as good as the last one.

maybe I'm underrating it... those first three songs are killers. When the energy drops though the band seems to show its age

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.

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

When I saw them in december 'I Broke Up in Amarante' got maybe the biggest reception i've ever seen a new song get.

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 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

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

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.

:)

https://www.sportsalcohol.com/20-best-los-campesinos-songs-far-post-lists/

good list but replace "by your hand" with "as lucerne/the low"

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

the fav i'd fight for is "i warned you: do not make an enemy of me"

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.

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.

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

has to be the first indie rock song with flucloxacillin in the title

Not right to call this old age
But it certainly ain't youth no more