Artist:Los Campesinos!
Song:The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future
Album:Romance Is Boring
With a name like Los Campesinos!, you might think this band is Latin American. But they were actually formed at Cardiff University in Wales in 2006. They are a quirky indie band who have had modest success in England and they tour in the US. As I said, the band members were students at Cardiff University in 2006. The main members appear to be from Essex, England. The main members of the band are Gareth Paisey on lead vocals and glockenspiel and he writes all the songs, Neil Turner on lead guitar and Tom Bromley on guitar and keyboards. The rest of the band membership is fluid so I will concentrate on them. Campesino is Spanish for peasant and all band members were identified by the surname Campesino. That's too cutesy poo for me and apparently they aren't doing that anymore. Los Campesinos! began performing in local clubs in 2006. After posting songs on MySpace, they opened for the Canadian band Broken Social Scene. And that led to a record deal with the British label Wichita Recordings for Europe and the Canadian label Arts & Crafts for North America. They released a couple of singles and an EP and toured England in 2007. They released their 2008 debut album Hold on Now, Youngster... and toured Europe and North America to support it. The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future was the lead single for the 2010 album Romance Is Boring. It was around this time that Gareth Paisey's sister Kim Paisey joined the band as keyboardist. The album was produced by John Goodmanson who produces Death Cab for Cutie. The album was a breakthrough for Los Campesinos! as it got rave reviews from critics. And that's important with this kind of music as it leads to longevity. Los Campesinos! released a tenth anniversary edition of this album in 2010. This was remastered and has a bonus track. It's available on CD. Los Campesinos! is still around. They released their latest album All Hell in 2024 on their own label. They have been rereleasing remastered versions of all their recordings. Here's the video for The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future by Los Campesinos!. I know the video looks very amateurish but I believe that was done deliberately. This is a band that doesn't want to come across as too slick.
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