Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring POLL

for me it's hard to choose between In Medias Res and I Just Sighed

I Warned You: Do Not Make an Enemy of Me

has to be 'in medias res', but will shout out 'This Is a Flag. There Is No Wind'

Voted for This Is a Flag. There Is No Wind.

the it's the size of a fingernail! exclamation is one of my fav moments on the record

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oh i meant to bump this but forgot

such a great album, pushing the noise and ambition of WABWAD even further without losing any of their pop melodies. every song is constantly shapeshifting from one fantastic melody to another or occasionally some sort of guitar noise freakout.

I should listen to this! I was a fan of WABWAD, but never explored the rest of their catalog until the recent 10th anniversary rerelease of that one and Hold On Now, Youngster

gareth weighs in https://diymag.com/2020/02/14/los-campesinos-romance-is-boring-track-by-track

Worst song on the record by a mile, and maybe just a bad song

gareth don't say this about my favorite song on the record you dumbass

he's right that it's three good songs jammed together, that's why it rules!!!!!

GOT A CALL
ARE WE NOT INTERESTING?
FAIR TO SAY WE ARE NOT INTERESTING AT ALL!

“i just sighed” does deserve to win this poll though. everything about that song is amazing

what a maddeningly difficult poll. like 6 or 7 here are neck and neck for me at any given time

today will probably vote "Straight in at 101" or "The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" tho

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There Are Listed Buildings 0

oh no!

the oral history zine that comes with new remaster is nice. comforting to read the head of wichita say he'll happily put lc! records out forever

“i just sighed” does deserve to win this poll though. everything about that song is amazing

― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, February 14, 2020 10:22 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's the best!

inadvertently recreated this album cover the other day. as one does

hadn't seen this thread before===reminds me of jrecently coming across my 2012 preview, when they were coming to Columbus OH:

Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos! are a wryly excitable art-pop troupe from Wales, launching pad of Dylan Thomas. Richard Burton, John Cale, Young Marble Giants, and other prestigious individualists. It’s also the UK’s picturesque backside, inspiring/requiring LC! to rattle the more desperate (and contagious) pretensions of their solemn peers, maybe including those in the mirrors: “Can’t tell/Is the singer’s keyboard a crutch/Or a synthesizer?” 2011’s Hello Sadness is a break-up album, but at least they finally found a love worth losing. Sweet, as long as they feel like giving popular culture and themselves a hard enough, energizing time.