Los Campesinos!
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 The first cast in 2007 Top row: Harriet, Gareth, Neil, Tom Bottom row: Ollie, Aleksandra, Ellen |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie pop , indie rock |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | www.loscampesinos.com |
| Founding members | |
| Neil Campesinos! | |
| Ollie Campesinos! | |
| Ellen Campesinos! | |
| Current occupation | |
guitar |
Neil Campesinos! |
guitar |
Tom Campesinos! |
| Gareth Campesinos! | |
Vocals, keyboard
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Kim Campesinos! (since 2009) |
various instruments |
Rob "Sparky Deathcap" Campesinos! (only live since 2009; complete since 2010) |
Drums |
Jason Campesinos! (since 2010) |
| former members | |
Vocals, keyboard |
Aleksandra Campesinos! (until 2009) |
Drums |
Ollie Campesinos! (until 2010) |
Violin , keyboard |
Harriet Campesinos! (until 2011) |
bass |
Ellen Campesinos! (to 2012) |
Los Campesinos! is a seven-piece British indie pop band from Cardiff , Wales, founded in 2006 . The name comes from Spanish and means "The farmers".
history
2006: Formation and contract with Wichita
The band formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University . In the beginning it was just Neil ( guitar ), Ellen ( electric bass ) and Ollie ( drums ). Tom (guitar, songwriter ) joined in March . Gareth ( vocals , songwriter, glockenspiel ), Harriet ( violin , keyboard ) and Aleksandra (vocals, keyboard) followed later . Tom met Neil after hearing him discuss Sufjan Stevens in a club. Although the band formed in Cardiff, none of the band members are Welsh . The first own songs were long post-rock pieces.
Their first appearance was on May 8th at a student union party . As a result, they played more and more in the Cardiff area. Los Campesinos released their first demo recording! a little later with the songs Death to Los Campesinos! , It Started With a Mixx , Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks and the very popular You! Me! Dancing! . The songs were also posted on the Internet. This and the energetic live shows led to them being played on BBC Radio 1 Wales' evening program "Beth & Huw's" . Their fame grew quickly and in August 2006 they became the opening act for the Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene . In November 2006 they signed with the independent label Wichita Recordings .
2007: First singles and sticking fingers into sockets
On February 26, 2007 the first single was released, a double A-side with the songs We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives and Don't Tell Me to Do the Math (s) . In April they signed with the Arts & Crafts label for the American and Canadian markets. In June Los Campesinos released! You! Me! Dancing! as a limited 7 "single , accompanied by several appearances in Bath , Newport , Cardiff and London . The EP Sticking Fingers into Sockets was released on July 3rd by Arts & Crafts, produced by Dave Newfeld, who also worked with Broken Social Scene. Their first tour of the UK began in October, when the single The International Tweexcore Underground was released. At the end of February 2008 they played four gigs in Germany, a. a. at the Haldern Pop Festival .
2008: Hold on Now, Youngster… and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Hold on Now, Youngster… is the name of the first album , which was released in Germany and Ireland on February 22nd, 2008 and in Great Britain on February 25th. In the US and Canada , the album was delayed on April 1st. A Europe and North America tour followed to accompany the publication. Critics praised the debut album. Los Campesinos had their first TV appearance! on February 9th on Irish late night show Tubridy Tonight.
On August 1st, the band announced that their second studio album was called We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed and should be released towards the end of the year. It was produced by John Goodmanson and recorded in Seattle . The final release was in the UK on October 27, 2008. The band stated that the album was not a moneymaking. The songs are not b-sides, rarities or “songs that weren't good enough for the album, cobbled together with some remixes and live recordings.” No singles were released and the album is limited.
In October they toured the UK with No Age and Times New Viking . They had their first appearances in South America in April 2009 in Argentina , Colombia and Venezuela .
2009: Romance Is Boring and departure of Aleksandra
Los Campesinos recorded their third album! 2009 in Stamford , Connecticut with John Goodmanson . The recordings were completed in June. The album was recorded before and after the second half of their US tour and mixed in Wales in June. In addition, the first two song titles were released: This Is a Flag. There Is No Wind and Straight in at 101 . On June 2, the band announced on their website that Aleksandra is leaving the band after the US tour in August to continue studying. The album was completed on June 22nd and contains 16 songs. In December they supported The Cribs as the opening act. On September 9th, the first song (The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future) from the new album was offered for free download on the official website . In addition, Ellen shot a music video, which was also published on the Internet. On September 21st, Kim, Gareth's sister, was introduced as a new band member. The album's first single was There Are Listed Buildings and was sold during their UK concert tour in October. The album's name, Romance Is Boring , the song title and the February 1, 2010 release date in the United Kingdom (January 26 in the United States ) were announced on the official website on October 25. The album was recorded in Seattle between March and June 2009 and, as with We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, produced by John Goodmanson. Also have Jamie Stewart ( Xiu Xiu ), Zac Pennington ( Parenthetical Girls ) and Jherek Bischoff ( The Dead Science ) participated. The band wrote about the album in their blog entry:
"It is a record about the death and decay of the human body, sex, lost love, mental breakdown, football and, ultimately, that there probably isn't a light at the end of the tunnel."
"It's a record about the death and disintegration of the human body, sex, lost love, nervous breakdowns, football and ultimately that there is probably no light at the end of the tunnel."
2010: Ollie leaves
On June 26, 2010, Ollie gave Campesinos! announced that he had left the band. In a statement, the band said they asked Ollie to leave the band in order to continue as a group. All concerts planned for the summer will still take place.
An EP called All's Well That Ends was released in advance on July 15th at the Wichita's 10th birthday concert in London, before it was officially released in a limited edition on July 19th. The EP includes four alternative versions of songs from the previous album and is the first release Rob Campesinos! contributed. The Wichita concert was played by new drummer Jason, who had previously been the band's tour manager and merchandise seller since 2007 . They later posted a picture on Twitter with the title "The band Los Campesinos!" Showing Rob and Jason, indicating that they are both full members. In October they toured the United States and Canada with Johnny Foreigner .
On December 8, 2010, the band announced the quarterly fanzine Heat Rash and released the Christmas song Kindle a Flame in Her Heart as a free download on SoundCloud .
2011–2012: Harriet and Ellen left, Hello Sadness
On May 1, 2011, the band finished their work on the new studio album Hello Sadness , which was released on November 14, 2011. The recordings were made from April to May in Mas Pau, Catalonia , with producer John Goodmanson.
In August, the violinist Harriet announced that she was leaving the band in order to continue studying.
In December 2012, bassist Ellen left the band. Work on a new album should begin in early 2013.
2013–2014: Live album, No Blues and Christmas EP
The band's first live album, A Good Night for a Fistfight , was released on May 4, 2013. It was recorded on December 15, 2012 at Islington Assembly Hall in London. The studio recordings for the fifth album ran from late May to late June in north Wales.
At the end of August 2013, the band announced that their fifth studio album is called No Blues and should be released in October. In addition, a first download single was released with What Death Leaves Behind . Welsh actor Craig Roberts directed the music video for the second single Avocado, Baby .
On December 8, 2014, it was released under the title A Los Campesinos! Christmas a Christmas EP by the band with six songs, some of which have already been published elsewhere.
Since 2016: Sick Scenes
In June 2016 Los Campesinos !, together with producer John Goodmanson, recorded their sixth studio album in the Portuguese municipality of Fridão . A month later, the band announced they were hosting a one-day music festival called Us Vs Them in Leeds in December 2016 .
The album is titled Sick Scenes and was released on February 24, 2017 on the Wichita Recordings label.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title | Highest chart position | ||
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| UK albums chart | US top heatseekers | US Top Independent | ||
| 2008 |
Hold on Now, youngster ...
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72 | 45 | - |
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
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- | 43 | - | |
| 2010 |
Romance Is Boring
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92 | 3 | 28 |
| 2010 |
Hello sadness
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- | - | - |
| 2013 |
No blues
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- | - | - |
| 2017 |
Sick scenes
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83 | - | - |
- We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is referred to by the band itself as a mini album or EEP (Extended Extended Play).
Live albums
| year | title |
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| 2013 |
A good night for a fistfight
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EPs
| year | title |
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| 2010 |
All's well that ends
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| 2014 |
A Los Campesinos! Christmas
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compilation
| year | title |
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| 2007 |
Sticking fingers into sockets
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demo
| year | title |
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| 2006 | Hold on now, youngster |
Singles
| year | title | Highest chart position | album |
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| UK Singles Chart | |||
| 2007 |
We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives / Don't Tell Me to Do the Math (s) |
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Hold on Now, youngster ...
also on Sticking Fingers into Sockets |
You! Me! Dancing!
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- | ||
The International Tweexcore Underground
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126. | on no album | |
| 2008 |
Death to Los Campesinos!
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198. | Hold on Now, youngster ... |
My Year in Lists
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- | ||
| 2009 |
There Are Listed Buildings
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- | Romance Is Boring |
| 2010 |
Romance Is Boring
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- | |
Kindle a Flame in Her Heart
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- | without album | |
| 2011 |
By your hand
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- | Hello sadness |
Hello sadness
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| 2012 |
Songs About Your Girlfriend
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- | |
Tip through the true bits
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- | without album | |
I Love You (But You're Boring)
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A doe to a deer
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- | ||
| 2013 |
What Death Leaves Behind
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- | No blues |
Avocado, baby
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- | ||
The Holly and the Ivy
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- | without album | |
| 2016 |
I broke up in Amarante
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- | Sick scenes |
| 2017 |
5 flucloxacillin
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Fall of Home
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Renato Dall'Ara (2008)
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Band members
Individual evidence
- ↑ Los Campesinos! biography. In: bbc.co.uk. BBC , accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Gareth Campesinos !: FUN FACT: Despite forming in Cardiff, Wales, none of the members of the band Los Campesinos! are Welsh. Twitter , June 12, 2010, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Jeremy D. Goodwin: Los Campesinos! Conquer America. In: Spacelab. September 9, 2007, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Josh Model: Hold On Now, Youngster. In: The AV Club. Onion, Inc., April 7, 2008, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Dom Passantino: Los Campesinos !: Hold On Now, Youngster. In: Drowned in Sound. Silentway, February 19, 2008, accessed September 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Marc Hogan: Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster… In: Pitchfork . February 21, 2008, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ^ Aidan Williamson: Los Campesinos Are Doomed. (No longer available online.) Strangeglue, August 1, 2008, archived from the original on January 3, 2018 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Studio. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, March 19, 2009, archived from the original on May 17, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ^ Studio News. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, May 12, 2009, archived from the original on May 15, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Aleksandra Campesinos !: Nota bene. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, June 2, 2009, archived from the original on June 11, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ OH YEH, AND SO ... In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, June 24, 2009, archived from the original on June 27, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Support data With The Cribs. In: loscampesinos.com. September 1, 2009, archived from the original on September 8, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ^ The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, September 9, 2009, archived from the original on September 12, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ a b KIM CAMPESINOS! AND 'THERE ARE LISTED BUILDINGS'. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, September 21, 2009, archived from the original on September 25, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ^ Aidan Williamson: Exclusive Los Campesinos Keep It In The Family. (No longer available online.) In: Strangeglue. September 21, 2009, archived from the original on January 3, 2018 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Romance Is Boring. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, October 25, 2009, archived from the original on October 28, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Ollie Campesinos !: Dry route to Devon, so great, like heaven, I think that we are losing a way. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, June 26, 2010, archived from the original on June 30, 2010 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ On Ollie. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, June 30, 2010, archived from the original on July 3, 2010 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS EP. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, July 11, 2010, archived from the original on July 15, 2010 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ The band Los Campesinos! (No longer available online.) Tweetphoto, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 3, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ OCTOBER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SUPPORT: JOHNNY FOREIGNER. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, September 16, 2010, archived from the original on November 1, 2010 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Heat Rash. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, December 8, 2010, archived from the original on December 10, 2010 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Kindle A Flame In Her Heart. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, December 8, 2010, archived from the original on December 11, 2010 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ HELLO SADNESS: NEW ALBUM: NOVEMBER 14TH 2011. (No longer available online.) Los Campesinos !, August 31st, 2011, archived from the original on September 30th, 2011 ; accessed on August 31, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gareth Campesinos !: We, the band Los Campesinos !, will be recording our next full-length album in Barcelona, in April, with John Goodmanson. Twitter , March 18, 2011, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Gareth Campesinos !: Recording Update NUMBER ONE. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, April 13, 2011, archived from the original on April 15, 2011 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Harriet. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, August 29, 2011, archived from the original on September 30, 2011 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Ellen Campesinos !: Ellen: It's Been an Awfully Big Adventure. In: loscampesinos.com. Los Campesinos !, December 7th, 2012, archived from the original on December 10th, 2012 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ As for the rest of us… recording new album early next year. LC! 4LYF. Twitter , December 7, 2012, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Los Campesinos! - A Good Night for a Fistfight. In: loscampband.tumblr.com. Tumblr , April 24, 2013, archived from the original on June 21, 2013 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Tomorrow. For album # 5. (No longer available online.) In: loscampband.tumblr.com. Tumblr , May 26, 2013, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 3, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Today we, Los Campesinos !, go into the studio to record album # 5. Twitter , May 27, 2013, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ NO BLUES by Los Campesinos! In: loscampband.tumblr.com. Tumblr , August 29, 2013, archived from the original on July 4, 2014 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Jamie Milton: Behind The Scenes: Los Campesinos! ' 'Avocado, Baby' video. In: DIY. Sonic Media Group, October 7, 2013, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Tom Connick: Los Campesinos! just started recording their new album. In: DIY. Sonic Media Group, June 15, 2016, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Hello from the vineyards of Fridão. Instagram , June 18, 2016, accessed January 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Tom Connick: Los Campesinos! announce Us Vs Them - their very own festival. In: DIY. Sonic Media Group, July 27, 2016, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Sam Sodomsky: Los Campesinos! Announce New Album Sick Scenes, Share New Track: Listen. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, November 10, 2016, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Los Campesinos! Chart history. In: Billboard . Eldridge Industries, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Los Campesinos! > Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums. Allmusic, accessed June 28, 2010 .
- ^ Romance Is Boring. In: Billboard . Eldridge Industries, accessed January 3, 2018 .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Los Campesinos! on MusicBrainz (English)
- Los Campesinos! at Discogs (English)
- Los Campesinos! at Allmusic (English)
- Los Campesinos! at laut.de