Blog: There Goes the Fear

There are two things about about Los Campesinos! that really get on my nerves. In my opinion, bands should never have punctuation in their names - it just makes it awkward to write about them. And second, ridiculously long song titles like 'A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; or, Letters from Me to Charlotte' come off as a bit pretentious. So I was skeptical, but I decided to give the Cardiff seven-piece indie-pop band's new album, 'Romance Is Boring,' a chance. The album is not a [...]