
Written by: Jason Evangelho Bratty, spastic, melodic, indie-punk. These are all words I could use to describe Los Campesinos! (roughly translated: The Peasants) - upon a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th listen. The first time I heard them I adopted an instant "deer-in-headlights" expression; probably carried over from my bewildered perception of the ridiculously long, tongue-in-cheek song title. After hitting play the 2nd time, however, this 7-piece originally from Cardiff, Wales buried their synth-laden hooks into my cranium and refused to let go. This track [...]