Romance Is Boring
Los Campesinos!
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In Medias Res | Los Campesinos! | 4:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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There Are Listed Buildings | Los Campesinos! | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Romance Is Boring | Los Campesinos! | 2:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We've Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2) | Los Campesinos! | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Plan A | Los Campesinos! | 2:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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200-102 | Los Campesinos! | 0:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Straight In At 101 | Los Campesinos! | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Who Fell Asleep In | Los Campesinos! | 4:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Warned You: Do Not Make an Enemy of Me | Los Campesinos! | 2:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Heart Swells / 100-1 | Los Campesinos! | 0:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed. Just So You Know | Los Campesinos! | 4:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Heat Rash In the Shape of the Show Me State; Or, Letters from Me to Charlotte | Los Campesinos! | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future | Los Campesinos! | 4:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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This Is a Flag. There Is No Wind | Los Campesinos! | 3:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Coda: a Burn Scar In the Shape of the Sooner State | Los Campesinos! | 2:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - Romance Is Boring | Los Campesinos! | -- | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
The title track to Los Campesinos!’ Romance Is Boring is so purely Los Campesinos! — punchy, acerbic, gleeful — that it stands as the record’s centerpiece. But opener “In Media Res” has an experimental essence, and its unhurried blend of blaring horns, glittering glockenspiel and synth swells herald an evolutionary jump: the Welsh indie darlings brazenly push their own boundaries on album number three. Their website claims Romance Is Boring is about “the decay of the human body and mental breakdown,” but we’d swear it has more to do with twenty-something angst, beer, and — the newest ingredient — reluctant maturation. It’s that newest flavor that adds depth and dimension to tracks like the playful and tense “We’ve Got Your Back,” the mighty mini-epic, “I Warned You: Do Not Make an Enemy of Me,” and the harrowingly beautiful “The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future.” (We detect Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu — one of several guests — on this powerful track). With even sharper lyrical barbs and new musical reach, Romance Is Boring belies its title, with glorious spit and vinegar.
Customer Reviews
A few things
Firstly this album is absolutely brilliant. In fact, it's probably LC!'s best. But I'd like to point out some fallacies in a previous review by TheIndiePirate. Firstly, Aleks left the band after recording this album, so the female vocals on here are hers. Second, Gareth's lyrics are never sarcastic, especially not on this album. He gets rather irate at people believing his words to be sarcastic. There is incredible openness and sincerity in every verse.
Simply Amazing!
I must say i was quite sad when i heard in '09 that Aleks Campesinos! had left the band. I then thought that this album would be well not as good as their others because Aleks was no longer there to do back up vocals. I couldn't have been more wrong. This album is simply amazing. Filled with wonderful melody's over typical punk-rock chords over Gareths amazing/sarcastic/metophoric lyrics. A definite 5/5
Wow
More depressing but also more beautiful. They've come a long way since "You, Me, Dancing." not that I don't adore that song...
Biography
Formed: Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
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You! Me! Dancing! | Hold On Now, Youngster... | 6:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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It Started With a Mixx | Sticking Fingers Into Sockets - EP | 1:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Miserabilia | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | 3:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Frontwards | Sticking Fingers Into Sockets - EP | 2:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ways to Make It Through the Wall | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Adult Alternative, Indie Rock
- Released: Jan 26, 2010
- ℗ 2010 Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.
