Guide Note:
Los Campesinos! is an indie pop band known for their energetic live shows. The band was formed at university in 2006 by Neil on guitar, Ellen on bass guitar and Ollie on drums. Shortly after Tom joined the band and assumed his position as songwriter and guitarist and subsequently also joined Gareth Harriet and Aleks. Their first presentation was held in 2006 at student union club night in Cardiff and later the band made a demo with the songs "Death To Los Campesinos!", "It Started With A Mixx", "Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks" and their most popular song "You! Me! Dancing!" wich were post on the internet to strengthen their popularity. The band got airplay on Beth & Huw's evening show on BBC Radio 1 Wales and obtained support from Canadian Broken Social Scene. The group signed with Wichita Recordings in November 2006 and released their first double A-side single on 2007 which included their new songs "Whe Throw Parties,You Throw Knives" and "Do not Tell Me To Do The Math(s)" and in April they signed with Arts & Crafts for their releases in Canada and North America. In June the band carried out a limited edition 7" vinyl of the song "You! Me! Dancing!" and in July, they released the EP Sticking Fingers Into Sockets accompanied with a tour in UK where they presented their single "The International Tweexcore Underground". Their album debut Hold On Now, Youngster. .. was released in UK on February 25, 2008 as digital download and they have conducted tours on Europe and North America to promote it.
Fast Facts:
- Origin: Cardiff, Wales
- Years Active: 2006 to present.
- Record Label: Wichita, Arts & Crafts
- Members: Aleksandra, Ellen, Gareth, Harriet, Neil, Ollie and Tom
- Instruments: Keyboard, Horn, Bass, Glockenspiel, Violin, Guitar, Drums.
- The NME have rated 6/10 the album Hold On Now, Youngster...
- Pitchfork Media and Drowned in Sound have given good reviews to the band
- The group name is a word in Spanish that translated to English is "The Peasants"
- They made their TV debut on Tubridy Tonight on February 9th, 2008.
- Discography
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