Sick Scenes
Praise for Sick Scenes: “Scene stealing stuff” **** – The Guardian “This is the best they’ve sounded in years” ***** – Upset “this is the album where Los Campesinos! have finally embraced who they are” *****- Dork **** – DIY **** – The Skinny
The British group’s sixth album is a love note to aging indie idealism and to those who’ve reveled in their careening pop-punk singalongs, scathing neuroses, and charmingly specific soccer references.
“Let me level this as an indictment: Only a part-time grass but a full-time asshole,” sings Gareth David (a.k.a. Gareth Campesino!) less than two minutes into “Renato Dall’Ara (2008),” the first track on Sick Scenes, the band’s first new album in more than three years. The declamatory zinger is just the first of many…
One of Britain's most under appreciated bands mature rather than mellow on their sixth album Sick Scenes.
One could be excused for wondering why Los Campesinos! are still making records at this late date.
Los Campesinos! return with a liberating set of songs about odious city hipsters, youthful nostalgia and future anxiety.
Welsh outfit Los Campesinos! make their striking return to recording in the form of Sick Scenes, their sixth album and first since 2013's No...
Almost exactly nine years to the day since their debut, ‘Hold On There, Youngster’ was unleashed on the world, Los Campesinos! release album