Los Campesinos!
Hello Sadness
And so we arrive at the loose ends of the declaration of a
Welsh Music Prize a band not remotely formed of Welsh members but spawned of Wales, particularly their Cardiff based university education. When I say loose ends it is certainly for the formerly mentioned questionable nationalness, and certainly not the musicality on display here if there was one band Id blindly cling onto as Welsh regardless of actual nationality it would be
Los Campesinos! What can I say? Were an equally proud and desperate nation. Having steadily climbed the indie ranks with their melodic and indie pop venting of an almost
Sonic Youth ideal from their chirpy though inwardly melancholic beginnings, Hello Sadness saw them maturing not just lyrically but musically. An altogether sombre and adult affair, it does still allow plenty of room for the infectious charm of
Los Campesinos! old. http://youtu.be/_ku_ZMPJ5M0
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