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...Campesinos! have never lived up to the carefree cheerfulness their exclamation-pointed name would seem to imply. On the contrary, their first two albums traded in a heightened teenage angst that would have bordered on gloomy were it not for the relentlessly cheerful twee pop sound enveloping...
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...
...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 pop...
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...
...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...