Another Form of Relief

Never one to pass up an oppurtunity to write about Los Campesinos!, those crazy kids have only gone and launched their own website. Not some over the top, impossible to navigate thing like a lot of bands tend to go for though, but a nice simple page that has pretty much all of the information you need right there on the main page. Now, while this is very nice and all, it isn’t really enough for me to warrant writing about in itself, so they have upped the stakes by offering both sides of their double a-side single that’s out today for free download!

Fears that signing to a major label like Wichita might stop the giving from team Campesinos have thankfully proved unfounded, meaning you too can now experience the joy of the new songs. I know I wrote a few weeks back that I was rather cold on these new recordings, but they have really grown on me since then. I think the problem is that the sound is pretty different to the original recordings, so it took some getting used to. Now I’ve heard the songs over and over though, I adore them as much as those early songs.

MP3 Los Campesinos! - Don’t Tell Me To Do The Math(s) (expired)
MP3 Los Campesinos! - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives (expired)

In further Los Campesinos! news, London based fans may be unhappy that next weeks show at the Spitz (with the wonderful Sky Larkin and Nosferatu D2 supporting) has sold out, but worry not, for they will be returning to the capital in June. Thanks to Eat Your Own Ears, the band will be playing at the Scala, which will probably be their biggest headline show to date. Full details and ticket information can be found on the Scala website, where you may notice that tickets for the show cost £9.50. If this isn’t a sign of the band’s rise to power, I don’t know what is. To put it into perspective, here is our very own Los Campesinos! Ticketometer!:

I should probably point out that I’m posting this with no malice at all, merely to show just how quickly they seem to have risen from playing tiny shows for next to nothing. If any band deserves to become huge, it’s certainly these guys.

Los Campesinos!: Website || Myspace

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For anyone wanting some gig excitement in the near future, don’t forget that Another Form of Relief, in association with Life:Temper:Riot, will be presenting a lineup of awesome bands, including the fantastic Royal Treatment Plant and Talk Taxis, this coming Thursday in at the Horse & Groom in London. You can find full details, including free mp3s, can be found here.

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