Los Campesinos! – How I Taught Myself To Scream
We get by on four hours of sleep at night
And we never get tired, only tired of you
The day after I talk about Cardiff being the music capital of the country these days, Los Campesinos! seem to want to cement that fact by throwing out a brand new recording. To be precise, it isn’t exactly new, but it’s the first time we’ve heard it. How I Taught Myself To Scream was recorded for their first album but didn’t make the cut. So with a new album on the horizon, what better time to offer it up?
It’s not that hard to see why it didn’t make the album. There is nothing wrong with it by any means, but it does sound rather similar to a few of the songs that did make it. Had it been chosen over any of those though, it would have felt right at home, and we could be having this conversation about Drop It Doe Eyes or We Are All Accelerated Readers right now.
The second album from Los Campesinos! is called ‘We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed’ and will be released on October 13. They will spend part of October touring the UK with No Age and Times New Viking as part of the ‘Shred Yr Face’ tour.
Thanks for the mp3!