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Cardiff, Wales (2006 – present)

Los Campesinos! are an indie pop band which formed in Cardiff, Wales in 2006. The band consists of Gareth Campesinos! (vocals, glockenspiel, keyboards), Kim Campesinos! (vocals, keyboards), Tom Campesinos! (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Neil Campesinos! (guitar), Ellen Campesinos! (bass, vocals), Harriet Campesinos! (violin, keyboards, vocals) and Ollie Campesinos! (drums). Aleksandra Campesinos! (vocals, keyboards, glockenspiel) left the band in 2009 to focus on her study. She was replaced by Gareth’s sister Kim in September 2009. The band’s name translates to “The Peasants” (or “The Farmers”) in Spanish.

The band performed their first gig in May 2006 at a student union club night, and went on to play a number of increasingly well-received gigs around Cardiff. An early demo was recorded featuring the songs

Death To Los Campesinos!,

It Started With a Mixx,

Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks, and live favourite

You! Me! Dancing!. The songs were posted on the internet, bolstering the popularity established by their energetic live shows and earning them airplay on Beth & Huw’s evening show on BBC Radio 1 Wales. The band’s reputation continued to grow, and in August 2006 landed them a slot supporting Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene.

In November 2006, the band were signed by Wichita Recordings, who put out their first single on 26 February 2007, a double A-side featuring new songs

We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives and

Don’t Tell Me To Do The Math(s). In April the band signed to Canadian label Arts & Crafts for Canadian and North American releases. In June 2007 the band released

You! Me! Dancing! on limited edition 7” coloured vinyl, accompanied by a handful of dates playing Bath, Newport, Cardiff and London.

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indie pop, indie, british, indie rock, twee
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1	You! Me! Dancing! full track	2,455
2	Death To Los Campesinos! full track	2,165
3	My Year In Lists full track	1,762
4	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed full track	1,632
5	Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats full track	1,544
6	Drop It Doe Eyes full track	1,431
7	Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks full track	1,320
8	Knee Deep at ATP full track	1,222
9	We Are All Accelerated Readers full track	1,210
10	Ways to Make It Through the Wall full track	1,126
11	Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s) full track	1,108
12	Miserabilia full track	1,055
13	You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing full track	878
14	Between an Erupting Earth and an Exploding Sky full track	865
15	...And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison	824

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caro_g wrote:
yesterday evening

not a fan of the cover art either, but as bkelleher has stated, the music is what really matters. i'd still love to have that 7" though.

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bkelleher wrote:
Tuesday evening

lol, just saw that album art. I guess I should have expected it after seeing We Are Beautiful and There Are Listed Buildings' album art. Strange stuff, I guess they're just trying to be different. I think it's kind of lame, but the music is what I care about.. and the music certainly isn't lame.

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billtheyeti wrote:
Monday evening

cant wait for new album. just in case my posts on this wall and on the blog have not made that abundantly clear.

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OpethForLifee94 wrote:
Monday evening

I think the artwork is pretty cool.

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themaximum15 wrote:
Monday evening

hoping the art for RIB will grow on me

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nosoybastian wrote:
Sunday morning

Son lo mejor!!!!!1

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thekillingspree wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Ways to make it through the wall... via headbutt.

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henryortiz85 wrote:
Saturday morning

@smallambulances they're not welsh

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smallambulances wrote:
Saturday morning

Broken Social Scene with a sense of humor and a Whales accent. One of my favorite new bands!

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tweeassfuck wrote:
Friday evening

the best twee is Clinical Depression Twee

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bkelleher wrote:
last week

sucks to have pretentious indie friends.

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wastedfish wrote:
last week

Los Campesinos is the best bad to ever exist ever. My other pretentious indie friends have stopped recommending me new music because I will listen to it once then go back to you guys. Srsly. It's a problem. It's been like this for 7 months now. I always volunteer to drive so I can listen to your CD's.

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HipnoticRhythm wrote:
last week

VENGAN A CHILEEEEEEE :D

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frengermoy wrote:
12 days ago

Death To Los Campesinos!!!!! awesome

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LostInTheHaze wrote:
14 days ago

Colorado show needed now.

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MessyMess wrote:
14 days ago

I'm going to buy the new album as a birthday present - c.a.n.n.o.t.w.a.i.t

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SarahIsPi wrote:
14 days ago

Super dooper excited about "Romance Is Boring"!

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kddude wrote:
16 days ago

hi sup

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tales2009 wrote:
18 days ago

great show in hoong kong, thx a lot

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henryortiz85 wrote:
20 days ago

the most fun i've ever had at a concert was due to this band [4]

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Dec 2 The Cribs O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Dec 3 The Cribs O2 Academy Brixton, London, United Kingdom
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Food Review – Exeter 23/10/09

10 Nov 2009 | from loscampesinos.com

I enjoy playing Art Centres as they always seem to do good food. The Norwich Arts Centre we played in 2 years ago did amazing food. The Phoenix had a very fancy cafe bar which served a wide range of food. …

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