Riotous, indie-punk, Cardiff-based Los Campesinos! are hitting the road again like asphalt bullies. The band are so lazer-focused on tours and churning out music that one member, Aleks, only just remembered this Summer that she’s a student and quit to catch up on her studies. Fortunately, Gareth's sister Kim has stepped in to take up the slack.Click here for Los Campesinos tickets.
Starting in 2006 with a series of successful gigs around the ‘Diff and posting their songs on the net, the band got played by BBC Radio 1 Wales, started touring as support for ‘Broken Social Scene’ and got signed the same year. In case you’re curious, ‘Los Campesinos’ means ‘The Farmers’ in Spanish. Well, it does according to one of those Internet translator things.
Los Campesinos! are another band with confusing grammar. That gratuitous exclamation mark! Do you shout your reply when someone asks who you’re going to see? 'Therapy?' were confusing enough, this could start fights. Still, it does make sense as a name; Los Campesinos! do love to shout, and it could be worse. There’s a ‘band’ called ‘Gravy Train!!!!’ Four exclamation marks! Imagine trying to tell someone you were listening to ‘Gravy Train!!!!’. You’d hit them in the face with your vocal cords. ‘Romance is Boring’, Los Campesinos! new album, will be released on February 1st.
Los Campesinos! dates:
11 Feb - Central Station & Yales, Wrexham
12 Feb - O2 Academy Liverpool
13 Feb - Fibbers (Barfly), York
15 Feb - The Tunnels, Aberdeen
16 Feb - The Doghouse, Dundee
17 Feb - The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
18 Feb - The Venue, Derby
19 Feb - The Musician, Leicester
21 Feb - The Junction, Cambridge
22 Feb - Norwich Arts Centre
23 Feb - Brighton Audio, Brighton
24 Feb - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
25 Feb - KOKO, London
26 Feb - Princess Pavilion, Falmouth
27 Feb - Thekla, Bristol
01 Mar - The Rainbow Pub, Birmingham
02 Mar - New Roadmender, Northampton
03 Mar - Plug'N'Play, Reading
04 Mar - McClusky's, Kingston upon Thames
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