Cloudspeakers

It's hard to be ambivalent about Los Campesinos!, but with this third outing a slight distancing has set in. There's no mistaking the band's distinct sound, with its barrage of noise-driven guitars... Read more

Die tien liedjes en 32 minuten van We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed? We mochten het niet de volwaardige opvolger van dat dolenthousiaste debuut Hold On Now, Youngster... noemen. Nee, die eer valt Ro... Read more

On their second full-length album, this Welsh six-piece still sound like a shambling, sexually frustrated version of the Arcade Fire: Over scratched guitars and slashed violins, Gareth Campesinos! ... Read more

Voor Digg*ers van: Art Brut, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart en springerige indierock.De leden van Los Campesinos! leerden elkaar kennen op de universiteit van Cardiff. Wat oorspronkelijk begon a... Read more

Growing up is rubbish, isn’t it? You finish school with no idea of the adult world and the belief that anything is possible. You think your dreams could come true, though you’ve no idea... Read more

‘Falsk varebetegnelse’ – det er prædikatet omkring walisiske Los Campesinos! tredje udspil. I hvert fald nÃ¥r man læser pladens titel og efterfølgende lytter til indholdet, for ban... Read more

It’s noisy. It’s frantic. It’s crammed full of noise and words and sounds and that most nebulous of substances, ‘attitude’. It’s rather articulate, in an “... Read more

Listening to one of their first two albums, I always felt like giving them a slap and tell them to calm down and just concentrate. They were like a hyperactive kid with too much sugar and not enoug... Read more

Boisterous Welsh seven piece offer more rambunctious and highly orchestrated punk-pop on their third album, but also display a more sedate and intimate side that shows they're more than just a bunc... Read more

Shortly before Los Campesinos! released their third album, Romance Is Boring, frontman Gareth put his famed glockenspiel up for auction on eBay. Part of his motivation was charitable—by selling the... Read more