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These three consecutive numbers form the beating heart of the band’s new musical philosophy. “Romance is Boring?? is a work of literate, deeply emotional rock which treads a careful line between the band’s two primary influences: the raw, noisy, unpredictability of Xiu Xiu and their ilk, and the listenability of early 90s indie...
Book-ending the more challenging center of the album are three tracks that cleave closer to the pop sensibility of debut “Hold On Now, Youngster.” Whether they’re the most interesting songs on “Romance is Boring?? or not is up for debate, but singles “There Are Listed Buildings” and “Romance is Boring,” as well as blogosphere hit “The Sea is a Good Place To Think of the Future” show the band...
What is most striking about “Romance is Boring?? is how much Los Campesinos! have matured. Instead of shying away from the essential disaffectedness which has always defined their albums, they have embraced it musically as well as lyrically, with a noisy, lo-fi aesthetic which is a natural fit for the band. As they become more comfortable with their new skin, it isn’t hard to imagine Los Campesinos! releasing a truly great noise-pop album. But even this slightly tentative effort doesn’t leave much room for complaint...
...This new genus will provide better opportunities for research on plant morphology than the standard “model system” flower, the Arabidopsis, which Kramer calls “very boring?? in this regard...
...First, the claim that Expos is “useless and boring?? to students is not borne out by the evidence of considerable satisfaction among those who take the course. The program’s evaluations each semester repeatedly show students referencing and then refuting an urban myth about the “dreaded” Expos requirement. At the end of the term, students say they found the course much better than they had heard it would be. They voice surprise that they actually learned something useful about academic writing and found the intellectual projects they undertook...