You can't win for losing around this hell-hole.
A regular who shall remain nameless (Chico) asked the diligent and hard-working crew at ForTheDishwasher to recommend some, (in these exact words) "new-ish" music, because he was feeling "old and out of touch" with the current hip music scene. So we posted some "new-ish" stuff. Well...he comes back, complaining " Hoser...when I said "newish", I was expecting something more upbeat."
How "newish" is synonamous with "upbeat" is beyong me, but we aim to please, even with our difficult regulars. So here is some Los Campesinos! Enjoy, old man.
From Arts&Crafts:
If you come to Romance Is Boring with too many preconceptions about Los Campesinos!, please leave them at the door: this album may not be what you expect. Of course, the signs of a rejuvenated Campesinos! were there, if you were looking. Last year's mini album We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed debuted a firmer, harder sound, the giddy sugar rush of "You! Me! Dancing!" metabolized into nervous adrenaline and lyrics spiked with jealousy, angst and paranoia. But Romance Is Boring feels like a band that's – well, not so much grown up – let's say "fully realized." Produced by John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Wu-Tang Clan), it's a record that's bigger, deeper, more complex and more direct than anything Los Campesinos! has recorded to date. Romance Is Boring is filled out with added brass, strings, drum machines and electronics, packed with guest spots from the likes of Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, Zac Pennington of Parenthetical Girls and Jherek Bischoff of the Dead Science, it is nothing if not ambitious.
Technical Information:
Artist: Los Campesinos!
Album: Romance Is Boring
Year: 2010
Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 950 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 329 MB
Length: 0:48:28
Tracklisting:
01. In Medias Res (4:42)
02. There Are Listed Buildings (2:55)
03. Romance Is Boring (2:36)
04. We've Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2) (4:30)
05. Plan A (2:03)
06. 200-102 (0:54)
07. Straight In at 101 (3:55)
08. Who Fell Asleep In (4:12)
09. I Warned You: Do Not Make an Enemy of Me (2:47)
10. Heart Swells/100-1 (0:46)
11. I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed. Just So You Know (4:38)
12. A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; Or, Letters from Me to Charlotte (3:43)
13. The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future (4:27)
14. This Is a Flag. There Is No Wind. (3:29)
15. Coda: A Burn Scar in the Shape of the Sooner State (2:52)
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