Los Campesinos! -- ROMANCE IS BORING

[agentorange]

Gareth was wearing them in Austin too, Gaffer. This is a bit of quasi-"hipster" couture I don't quite understand.

As for the recurring fashion lapses, which came first, the chicken or the egg? The ironic hipsters or the sensitive, circumcising jock? Either way - someone, please make it stop. Unless it's someone I enjoy seeing subjected to public ridicule...

 

[Imperor]

It still shocks me that he's not wearing Crocs in that photo.

 

[LemonMelon]

Jesus sandals are the only footwear holy enough for Tebow.

 

[agentorange]

Well, I think Chris Leak graduated about three years ago, so I'm sure some UF boosters, or Filipino orphans, have updated his wardrobe.

 

[If you shout...]

Welcome to Pitchfork Perpetually-Just-Overlooked Welsh Band Hell, Los Campesinos!. Take your place after SFA, Mclusky, Future of the Left, Gorky's, etc..

Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Los Campesinos!: Romance Is Boring

 

[Imperor]

Reads better than an 8.3, but whatever you say P4K.

 

[LemonMelon]

Well, my guess was 0.3 points off. Thanks for being so unpredictable, Pitchfork.

 

[PhilsFan]

Reads better than an 8.3, but whatever you say P4K.

Yeah, that reads more like a 9.0.

 

[cobl04]

reading some of those reviews can be very draining.

i can't find any information about this album's release in Australia. today is the 1st, so it's been released in the US and the UK, was today just to early to go or something?

i got the new Hot Chip album today and isn't meant to be out until the 8th or 9th in the US/K.

 

[lazarus]

My offer to torch the Pitchfork offices in Chicago still stands.

8.3? Fuck you, you fucking fucks.

 

[lazarus]

Also, reviewing an album and only mentioning two song titles: FAIL.

How about some more in-depth analysis instead of all this Where They Are Now bullshit? Discuss the fucking SONGS, jackass.

 

[If you shout...]

I am fine with an 8.3, personally. It's not like it was slagged off. In fact, the review is a rave. The problem is that they CONSTANTLY rate these Welsh bands super highly, but REFUSE to give them Best New Music status (this doesn't only happen with Welsh bands, of course...but it always happens with Welsh bands). Totally retarded. I have seen 7.8s get Best New Music. God fucking damn it.

 

[u2popmofo]

Yeah, if you guys are mad at an 8.3, don't look up Tiny Mix Tapes' review.

I don't know, I can't say I'm surprised. None of the other music forums I frequent like these guys even a quarter as much as we seem to here. To each their own and stuff.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

It's kinda crazy how big Pitchfork has become in the indie (for lack of a better word) music world and how much attention its reviews receive. I wonder if those motherfuckers know about the countless people on the interwebs who squabble and squirm based on their arbitrary little decimal ratings.

Anyway, this album is a lot of fun. I'll never be as big a fan as some of you guys are, but I'm down with these kids. It took only a couple listens before this clicked and I started boppin my head and tappin my feet in approval. It starts off great, those first four tracks are a blast. And Straight In At 101 is very memorable.

 

[If you shout...]

They know:

Do we have a PAZZ AND JOB 2009 thread yet?

Or, well, Scott does, anyway.

 

[lazarus]

Phoenix at #2?? Over Grizzly Bear and The Dirty Proj?? Wow.

Also, Shuttlecock hasn't been that low in quite some time. The last two albums made it into the Top 10.

What is wrong with these critics?

At least they got 10.7 points per mention, though.

 

[If you shout...]

Oh, I don't mean the results, but yeah. Always was a joke, still is a joke. I was talking about Plagenhoef's remarks, re: Pitchfork.

 

[cobl04]

I don't know, I can't say I'm surprised. None of the other music forums I frequent like these guys even a quarter as much as we seem to here. To each their own and stuff.

you'd think this Welsh septet were the biggest band on the planet judging by the response here.

 

[cobl04]

12th of Feb it comes out here. phew

 

[PhilsFan]

The story of the winter I forgot how to speak my mind
Was like a nation's flag but my breeze was too weak
Had to drag me to the hospital, said I had gone deaf
But I heard everything they said, it's just I had no interest

 

[lazarus]

IT'S A CRIME IT'S A CRIME IT'S A CRIME IT'S A CRIME

 

[Imperor]

'Romance is Boring' - The Daily Collegian Online

True creativity is not only found in the lyricism, but also in the musical sounds.

 

[LemonMelon]

Music critique ain't your bag, Peef.

(Yes, everyone at Penn State is either Peef, an amorphous, cheering white mass, or Joe Paterno, in my mind.)

 

[u2popmofo]

'Romance is Boring' - The Daily Collegian Online

Tracks such as "We've Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2)" and "I Warned You: Do Not Make An Enemy Of Me" infuse repetitive choruses and basic beats reminiscent of punk-rock's essential band Taking Back Sunday.

In "I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know," the band channels its inner Vampire Weekend

The heaviest influence on the album is Bright Eyes

....wow.....

 

[LemonMelon]

"If their goal is musical success, they have succeeded."

 

[Imperor]

It'll be an interesting wrinkle to add to this whole thing once Peef meets her at a party and inevitably fails to seal the deal.

 

[u2popmofo]

Taking Back Sunday is punk rock's essential band?

Taking Back Sunday is punk rock?

Punk rock has a hyphen in it?

 

[PhilsFan]

I'm not sure if I'm perplexed more by the review or by the fact that someone from Penn State has heard this album. I literally only know one other person here who's even heard of Los Camp!

 

[LemonMelon]

Threads like these make me hesitant to go into journalism.

Then again, I could just refer to every album as a grower, and I would never be wrong. Just far more patient than my readers.

Taking Back Sunday is punk rock's essential band?

Taking Back Sunday is punk rock?

Punk rock has a hyphen in it?

I consider it impressive that they managed to plug them in a Los Camp review. You can find connections between any parts of our culture if you're insane/determined enough. Next we'll find out that Plan A is the most politically insightful track of the year.

 

[If you shout...]

I am still really enjoying this album.