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Tracks like the aptly-named “Miserabilia?? off sophomore mini-album “We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed” featured intertwining, irrepressibly cheerful guitars and keyboards, chiming bells, and unmistakably indie pop boy-girl vocal harmonies. And then there were the lyrics: “We got nostalgic, ended up filling shoeboxes with vomit / Collected scabs in lockets, hung them round our necks like nooses / None of it mattered / Nobody cared...
...Campesinos! sings “I can taste the blood on your lips and on your tongue / I can see your teeth turn pink / Your gums fade to white,” it is hard to believe that this band was originally labelled as twee. Likewise, “Miserabilia?? is a harrowing tale of failed love affairs and more eating disorders (“I’ve spent too much time on my knees next to urinals in garish Mexican restaurants.”)On the debut, the vocals were shared fairly evenly between Gareth...
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