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2017 - Sick Scenes
2013 - No Blues
2013 - A Good Night for a Fistfight
2011 - Hello Sadness
2010 - Romance Is Boring
2008 - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
2008 - Hold On Now, Youngster...
2008 - My Year in Lists
2007 - You! Me! Dancing!
2007 - The International Tweexcore Underground
2007 - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives / Don't Tell Me to Do the
view 2017 - Sick Scenes 2013 - No Blues 2013 - A Good Night for a Fistfight 2011 - Hello Sadness 2010 - Romance Is Boring 2008 - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed 2008 - Hold On Now, Youngster... 2008 - My Year in Lists 2007 - You! Me! Dancing! 2007 - The International Tweexcore Underground 2007 - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives / Don't Tell Me to Do theMembers
6 Mixed
Origin
Cardiff, Wales
Genre
Indie Pop
Style
Rock/Pop
Mood
Energetic
Born
6 MixedOrigin
Cardiff, WalesGenre
Indie PopStyle
Rock/PopMood
EnergeticBorn
2006
2006 to Present...
Most Loved Tracks5 users
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!4 users
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!4 users
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!4 users
Los Campesinos! - Death to Los Campesinos!4 users
Los Campesinos! - Death to Los Campesinos!
Music Video Links The Sea Is a Good Plac... |  My Year in Lists |  By Your Hand |
 Hello Sadness |  5 Flucloxacillin |  Death to Los Campesinos! |
 Avocado, Baby |  We Throw Parties, You ... |  You! Me! Dancing! |
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Los Campesinos! are a critically acclaimed seven piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. Although the band formed in Wales, none of its members are Welsh. They released their debut album, Hold on Now, Youngster..., in February 2008 and followed this up by releasing a record titled We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, in October that year. Whilst many consider it to be an album due to its length, the band have always referred to it as a 'record' or EEP (extended EP) due to contractual and artistic reasons. Their second official album, entitled Romance Is Boring, was released on 1 February 2010. Their fourth full-length release, Hello Sadness was released on 14 November 2011. The band toured the US & UK extensively throughout 2012.
The group came together at Cardiff University in 2006, originally consisting of Neil Turner on guitar, Ellen Waddell on bass guitar, and Ollie Briggs on drums. In March 2006, Tom Bromley joined the band, assuming the role of lead guitarist, later followed by Gareth David - who became the band's principal lyricist - on lead vocals and glockenspiel, Harriet Coleman on violin and keyboard, and finally Aleksandra Berditchevskaia on vocals, keyboards, and melody horn. According to Tom, he met Neil after overhearing him discussing Sufjan Stevens at a club. The band's earliest compositions were long pieces in the style of post-rock, though no recordings from this era are known to circulate publicly. The word campesino in Spanish translates to "peasant" or "country person." All members of the band refer to their surnames as Campesinos!.
The band performed their first gig on 8 May 2006 at a student union club night; they 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.
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