Hello Sadness
Los Campesinos! haven't changed much on their fourth album, their darkest yet. The band's serrated twee is not exactly in fashion, though, and if LC! are the last men and women left holding the flag for an antiquated era of indie rock, it has only intensified their vitality.
The band matures, not necessarily for the better.Like a lot of people their age, the members of Los Campesinos! have gone about documenting their 20s in an obsessive fashion. Yet amid all the dance parties, footballer worship, and vomit-strewn kiss-offs on Los Campesinos! records, there’s been a latent streak of…
Although the first three Los Campesinos! albums have been full of bright, up-tempo beats, its lyrics have always skewed…
After the disaster of their previous album, Romance Is Boring, it would have been easy to write off Los Campesinos! and consign them to the scrap heap populated with bands that burned brightly and then lost it all in a flash.
Los Campesinos!’ fourth album begins with “By Your Hand,” a perfect example of everything for which the Welsh five-piece has made its name—jaunty instrumentation, multi-voiced melodies, and witty lyrics (the chorus completes the title phrase “By
Despite the gloomy title, the fourth album from Los Campesinos! is as in your face as you’d expect. It may be their relationship fail record, but that doesn’t mean that it’s morose.
Los Campesinos 'Hello Sadness' album review on Northern Transmissions. 'Hello Sadness' by Los Campesinos is now available on Arts & Crafts Records
The lyrics go navel-gazing, but Los Campesinos! don't get self-indulgent with the music, says <strong>Maddy Costa</strong>