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From Pitchforkmedia.com:
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Los Campesinos! aren't the first act to make a name for themselves on
MySpace. They may, however, be one of the first guitar groups in the UK
who really sound like products of Web 2.0. The artists they idolize--
Pavement, Broken Social Scene, Yo La Tengo, Deerhoof, Destroyer-- are
bands feverishly championed in blogs and online zines (yes, including
Pitchfork), not the latest batch of tabloid-friendly lads who only
listen to Oasis or the Clash. "It's sad that you think that we're all just scenesters," Gareth Campesino! chimes in on MySpace hit "You! Me! Dancing!", then adds, "Even if we were, it's not the scene you're thinking." He's probably right.
Silly names aside, Los Campesinos! play superbly crafted indie pop
that bounces off walls like Love Is All, grins with the childlike
exuberance of Bis, and throws the toy chest into its arrangements like
Architecture in Helsinki. Glockenspiels and pizzicato violin veer into
reckless guitar riffs and full-bodied handclaps-- or fizz over, like
Mentos and Coke, into happy-stupid crescendos. Gareth shares lead vocal
duties with the similarly pseudonymous Aleksandra Campesino!, and their
boy-girl exchanges give the music an extra, sweet frisson. Newfeld's
treatment turns "You! Me! Dancing!" from a lo-fi rallying cry into an unstoppable force for converting spindly legs into dancefloor blurs.
Some music should not be enjoyed sitting down in front of a computer. "
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