Los Campesinos!
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Making smart, bookish, indie-pop, Los Campesinos! crafted bouncy, heart-on-sleeve odes to teenage boredom inspired by the likes of the Cure and Belle and Sebastian. Formed at Cardiff University in 2006, the seven-piece took their name from the Spanish for "the peasants" and started out playing at local student club nights. They received support from Huw Stevens on BBC Radio Cymru and were soon signed to Wichita Records for their debut album Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (2007). Led by the vibrant energy of frontman Gareth David, the band were described as "twee" by critics of their whimsical lyrics and jangly guitars but steadily built a cult following with the albums We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (2008) and Romance Is Boring (2010). The band took a darker turn on Hello Sadness (2011) with songs focusing on Gareth David's break-up with his girlfriend, but remained loyal to a sound built around bittersweet indie-pop. They put out another two albums, No Blues (2013)âwhich went to number 14 on the UK indie chartâand Sick Scenes before going relatively quiet for the next seven years. In 2024, they returned with another blast of energetic alt-rock, seventh studio album All Hell, which landed at number three on the UK indie chart.
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- Death to Los Campesinos!
- You! Me! Dancing!
- Hello Sadness
- My Year In Lists
- The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future by Kristene DiMarco
- It Started With A Mixx featuring Peter Gabriel
- We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
- Straight In At 101/It's Never Enough featuring The Beach Boys
- Every Defeat A Divorce (Three Lions)
- Letters From Me To Charlotte (RSVP) featuring The Beach Boys
- The International Tweexcore Underground by The Temptations
- Heart Swells / 100-1 by Kristene DiMarco
- C Is The Heavenly Option by The Temptations
- Police Story by The Temptations
- Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
- Drop It Doe Eyes
- Knee Deep At ATP
- This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-Romantics"
- We Are All Accelerated Readers
- ...And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison
- Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
- Plan A by Kristene DiMarco
- In Medias Res by Kristene DiMarco
- This Is A Flag. There Is No Wind by Kristene DiMarco
