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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	2,486
2	Death To Los Campesinos! full track	1,970
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5	Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats full track	1,376
6	Drop It Doe Eyes full track	1,304
7	Ways to Make It Through the Wall full track	1,168
8	We Are All Accelerated Readers full track	1,140
9	Miserabilia full track	1,105
10	Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks full track	1,101
11	Knee Deep at ATP full track	1,095
12	Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s) full track	987
13	You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing full track	954
14	Between an Erupting Earth and an Exploding Sky full track	889
15	It's Never That Easy Though, Is It? (Song for the Other Kurt) full track	856

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infectedmodes wrote:
7 hours ago

►We Love British Bands

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ben2501 wrote:
yesterday evening

I love you

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Super-Cody wrote:
yesterday morning

Best band of all time

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Wieduwilt wrote:
Saturday evening

it kind of depresses me to see the band pic now and not see aleks

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Klaxorr wrote:
Friday evening

i love covers that doesnt have band name or title on it and feature rather simple or pointless things, like its blizt cover. so i can already tell that the cover for the new album is going to my fav cover of 2010 XD

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heartswells wrote:
Friday afternoon

And I always get confused, because in supermarkets they turn the lights off when they want you to leave, but in discos they turn them on. and it's always sad to go, but it's never that sad, because there's only certain places you're guaranteed of getting a hug when you go. and on the way home, it seems like a good idea to go paddle in the fountain, and that's because it IS a good idea. and it's like we're all like Rousseau depicts man in the state of nature, we're undeveloped, we're ignorant, we're stupid, but we're happy.

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quixentric wrote:
Friday morning

I go back and forth with the new cover art, but really, I love the first two songs from the album, and it's being released just before my birthday, so I'm not complaining.

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thekillingspree wrote:
Thursday evening

Cheers, itsblitz! You're the man! :D My apologies if you're a woman, though. Anyway, I both love and hate the new album cover. The Los Campesinos! fan in me hates it, the goth in me loves it. Or is it "the emo in me"? Oh fuck, now I need some exorcism done to myself...

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itsblitz wrote:
Thursday afternoon

thekillingspree, it's here: http://loscampesinos.com/2009/11/23/romance-is-boring-albumsingletour/

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thekillingspree wrote:
Thursday morning

How about a link for said cover art, then? I have no idea what you fine people are talking about...

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caro_g wrote:
Wednesday 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:
last week

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:
last week

I think the artwork is pretty cool.

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themaximum15 wrote:
last week

hoping the art for RIB will grow on me

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nosoybastian wrote:
last month

Son lo mejor!!!!!1

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thekillingspree wrote:
last month

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

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henryortiz85 wrote:
last month

@smallambulances they're not welsh

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smallambulances wrote:
last month

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

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tweeassfuck wrote:
last month

the best twee is Clinical Depression Twee

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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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