Los Campesinos! – Drop It Doe Eyes
[review 2008: favourites] I don't know who decided that 2008 should be the year a few people decide to remount the whole twee-punk thing, but goddammit, I could kiss you. You've singlehandedly saved us from a year full of indie-folk wunderkinds who bore me with their subtle inflections and introspective observations about the mundane life, instead of battering me with yelps and sweet nothings like these young folks from Wales, who are apparently so excited about stuff that they require an exclamation point in their name. Hold On Now, Youngster is [...]




















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