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**Los Campesinos!**, also known as **LC!**, is an English seven-piece indie pop and rock band founded in 2006 at Cardiff University.

## History

### Founding

The band was formed in 2006 with the original members Neil Turner on guitar, Ellen Waddell on bass guitar, Other Tom as a lyricist, and Ollie Briggs on drums.  Later that year Tom Bromley joined the band, assuming the role of lead guitarist, later followed by Gareth David Paisey – who became the band's principal lyricist – on lead vocals and glockenspiel, Harriet Coleman on violin and keyboard, and finally Aleksandra Berditchevskaia on vocals, keyboards and melodica. As the band grew in popularity that year, they were signed by Wichita Recordings, and later Arts & Crafts.

### Debut

Los Campesinos! debuted with their 2006 EP Hold on Now, Youngster which revealed their indie rock and indie pop themes. They then released We Throw Parties You Throw Knives / Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s) which is a single containing the songs in the name. This release showed their twee themes, that wouldn't come back after their debut album. They released more singles and EPs containing indie rock, indie pop, and twee original songs and covers, leading up to their debut album Hold on Now, Youngster....

### Growing

The same year of Hold on Now Youngster..., Los Campesinos! released We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, which was much angstier and angrier then any of the previous releases. Two years later they released Romance Is Boring, their largest and most popular album, now and then, that included their most well known records. Then the release of Hello Sadness had slower songs, and they toured in 2012 before releasing the album NO BLUES and taking a hiatus from producing albums.

### Today

Los Campesinos! currently has the members Gareth Paisey, Neil Turner, Tom Bromley, Kim Paisey, Rob Taylor, Jason Adelinia, and Matt Fidler. Their latest album is the 2017 Sick Scenes, and have released remastered versions of their albums following 10 years after their release. They are currently working on a new album, but no release date has been put out yet except Gareth saying that he'd be "disappointed" if they "don't have a record out by this time next year.", referring to September of 2022.

## Discography

* Hold on Now, Youngster (EP) (2006)
* We Throw Parties You Throw Knives / Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s) (Single) (2007)
* You! Me! Dancing!/It Started With A Mixx (Single) (2007)
* Sticking Fingers into Sockets (EP) (2007)
* The International Tweexcore Underground (Single) (2007)
* My Years In Lists (EP) 2008
* Death To Los Campesinos! (EP) 2008
* Hold on Now, Youngster... (Album) (2008)
* We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Album) (2008) (Formerly "Extended EP")
* All's Well That Ends (EP) (2010)
* Romance Is Boring (Album) (2010)
* Hello Sadness (Album) (2011)
* No Blues (Album) (2013)
* A Los Campesinos! Christmas (EP) (2014)
* Sick Scenes (Album) (2017)
* We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Remastered) (Album) (2018)
* Hold on Now, Youngster... (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (Album) (2018)
* Romance Is Boring (Remastered) (Album) (2020)
* All's Well That Ends (Remastered) (EP) (2020)
* Hello Sadness (Remastered) (Album) (2021)
* Whole Damn Body (EP) (2021)
* Upcoming Unnamed Album (Album) (TBA)

### Other releases

* Hold on Now, Youngster... The Demos (Album) (2011)
* Heat Rash #1 (Single) (2011)
* Conversations (Single) (2011)
* Footnotes (Single) (2011)
* On Tour (Single) (2011)
* Hook Up And Cook Up (Single) (2011)
* Daytrotter Session (Live Studio EP) (2009)
* A Good Night for a Fistfight (Live Album) (2012)
* Little Mouth (Single) (2014)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20131109005644/http://theawkwardoff.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/the-awkward-off-vs-los-campesinos/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101121125903/http://drownedinsound.com/news/1335630-los-campesinos-sign-to-wichita
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://arts-crafts.ca/artists/los-campesinos.html
4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/los-campesinos/pages/biography.shtml
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101121125903/http://drownedinsound.com/news/1335630-los-campesinos-sign-to-wichita
6. ↑ https://last-donut-of-the-night.letterdrop.com/c/gareth-david-of-los-campesinos-on-football-new-music-and-the-freedom-of-independence