Record Review: Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring
Written by Russ Crandall   
Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:06
Romance is Boring, the third album from Welsh-but-not-Welsh (the band members are all from Wales, but none are Welsh - these things are very important to me) band Los Campesinos! is the first album of theirs that I've actually given a fighting chance. I've had a hard time getting into their first two albums; the abrasiveness of their synth-heavy pop punk sound was a little too irritating for me on initial listen. And honestly, if it wasn't for the sheer awesomeness of this album's first track, "In Media Res", I may have skipped this one too. In the end, I'm glad I didn't because this is a fun and rewarding album full of peaks and valleys that eventually even out to one solid listen.

This band has a few predictable elements - all the last names of their band members is "Campesinos!", and that damned exclamation point - but their music is anything but predictable. It can run from a quiet buildup as seen in the opening track, to some really big moments (thank the fact that they have seven people in this band). The album sports a lot of girl/guy vocals, and a remarkable number of shouts, while still keeping this album much more palatable than one would expect. In short, if you're looking for something that's challenging and aggressive, while still deep enough to warrant multiple listens, and you don't mind that they used a foreign word for their band despite the fact that none of them can probably speak Spanish, and you're okay with being a little overloaded with an occasionally abrasive synth, this album's for you.

Release date: January 26, 2010
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