Alright, I’ve said this at least 3 times already, but I’ve got lots of tracks I wanted to send out over the past 2 weeks that I was MIA. So, I’m going to try to catch up. These tracks might be old news to some of you, but I still feel they are worth mentioning. And besides its all about spreading the love here….aint it? I guess that remains to be seen.

Los Campesinos! are a seven piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales. “Los Campesinos” roughly translates as “The Farmers” (or “The Peasants”) in English. The group came together at university in 2006, originally consisting of Neil on guitar, Ellen on bass guitar, and Ollie on drums. In March 2006, Tom joined the band, assuming the role of lead guitarist and songwriter, later followed by Gareth on vocals and glockenspiel, Harriet on violin and keyboard, and finally Aleksandra on vocals and keyboards. The band performed their first gig in May 2006 at a student union club night, and 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.

-last.fm

Death to Los Campesinos!

Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats

And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison

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