Los Campesinos! : Hold On Now Youngster (singer, dancing, punk, albums)

**Urban Hatemonger** · 01-31-2008, 01:11 PM

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster

Death to Los Campesinos!
Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)
Drop it Doe Eyes
My Year in Lists
Knee Deep at ATP
This Is How You Spell. "Hahaha, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics"
We Are All Accelerated Readers
You! Me! Dancing!
...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison
Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
2007, The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)

adidasss · 01-31-2008, 04:12 PM

Why does everyone and their grandmother think they can just pick up the microphone and sing? I like the music but the female vocals are so fucking bland I wanna slap the fucking bitch that thought it was a good idea. The bloke can't sing to save his life either but at least it's got character. So yeah, overall, I'm not gonna be giving this much attention...:\

Rainard Jalen · 01-31-2008, 05:01 PM

^^^ I understand what you mean about the singing, but i never thought it affected the music at all. countless decent bands do and have had appalling vocalists. i just see it as fun, diy and punky.

but anyway, i love this band a whole lot. i'm waiting for the official release, though, before going any further in comment.

adidasss · 01-31-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

countless decent bands do and have had appalling vocalists. i just see it as fun, diy and punky.

Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, they fall in the latter category. Which is a goddamn shame because the music has a lot of potential...:\

Rainard Jalen · 01-31-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, they fall in the latter category. Which is a goddamn shame because the music has a lot of potential...:\

i've noticed a lot of people find the vocals off-putting. i tried playing "putting fingers into sockets" to a load of people last summer, me typically being really excited, others just looking puzzled. my brother for instance just saw it as ridiculous and a joke.

myself, i think the vocal style is part of what makes them them, part of what distinguishes them. that's probably why i find it tolerable. if another band were to do it, i wouldn't stand it a moment.

adidasss · 01-31-2008, 07:27 PM

I don't think their vocal style is particularly distinctive, as it is for example with the Dirty projectors or Antony Hegarty, nor do they have particularly memorable voices, like Win Butler from the Arcade fire. It would be better if the woman doesn't sing at all but that wouldn't change the fact that the songs vocally don't really go anywhere. It's as if the rest of the band got some really cool ideas but the singer(s) just didn't manage to follow up on them...I dunno if I'm making sense here. Anyways, it's all subjective...:\

Jonz · 01-31-2008, 10:19 PM

Really good album. I'm not loving it as much as last year's EP yet, but it's growing with every listen. Of the new songs, "This Is How You Spell..." and "My Year In Lists" would be favourites so far.

Rainard Jalen · 02-26-2008, 01:09 AM

Alright, I've heard most of this album now - and on early impressions what I'll say is that I do not think it's at all as good as the EP "placing fingers into sockets". It'll be a great pity if that impression stays the same.

swim · 03-04-2008, 03:57 PM

I'm having trouble finding this and remember really digging some of their stuff. Anyone care to help me out?

Rainard Jalen · 03-08-2008, 02:12 PM

Alright, I'm back to give my 2 cents on this now.

This album is great, it really is. The song structures are incoherent and messy, the layers and layers of pointless noise and intertwining instrumental add-on parts are insane, the tag-team vocals overlap and cut into each other like competing race horses in a way that's so absurd it's hilarious, the lyrics are so tongue-in-cheek and ridden with in-joke references that they're completely indecipherable probably even to the other members of the band...and it all sounds ABSOLUTELY F'CUKIN BRILLIANT!

It takes some time to sink in, but this is a record of lasting appeal that just gets better upon each subsequent listen. Basically, get a copy of it! Now!

Peace

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01-31-2008, 01:11 PM
Urban Hatemonger Groovy Hate F*ck Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nuuk , Greenland Posts: 9,416	Los Campesinos! : Hold On Now Youngster Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster Death to Los Campesinos! Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s) Drop it Doe Eyes My Year in Lists Knee Deep at ATP This Is How You Spell. "Hahaha, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics" We Are All Accelerated Readers You! Me! Dancing! ...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks 2007, The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)

01-31-2008, 04:12 PM
adidasss deadbeat Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 4,500	Why does everyone and their grandmother think they can just pick up the microphone and sing? I like the music but the female vocals are so fucking bland I wanna slap the fucking bitch that thought it was a good idea. The bloke can't sing to save his life either but at least it's got character. So yeah, overall, I'm not gonna be giving this much attention...:\ __________________ Last edited by adidasss : 01-31-2008 at 05:07 PM.

01-31-2008, 05:01 PM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,664	^^^ I understand what you mean about the singing, but i never thought it affected the music at all. countless decent bands do and have had appalling vocalists. i just see it as fun, diy and punky. but anyway, i love this band a whole lot. i'm waiting for the official release, though, before going any further in comment.

01-31-2008, 07:27 PM
adidasss deadbeat Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 4,500	I don't think their vocal style is particularly distinctive, as it is for example with the Dirty projectors or Antony Hegarty, nor do they have particularly memorable voices, like Win Butler from the Arcade fire. It would be better if the woman doesn't sing at all but that wouldn't change the fact that the songs vocally don't really go anywhere. It's as if the rest of the band got some really cool ideas but the singer(s) just didn't manage to follow up on them...I dunno if I'm making sense here. Anyways, it's all subjective...:\ __________________

01-31-2008, 10:19 PM
Jonz Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 99	Really good album. I'm not loving it as much as last year's EP yet, but it's growing with every listen. Of the new songs, "This Is How You Spell..." and "My Year In Lists" would be favourites so far. __________________

02-26-2008, 01:09 AM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,664	Alright, I've heard most of this album now - and on early impressions what I'll say is that I do not think it's at all as good as the EP "placing fingers into sockets". It'll be a great pity if that impression stays the same.

03-04-2008, 03:57 PM
swim Everyone Does Everything. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: coastal plain North Carolina Posts: 4,396	I'm having trouble finding this and remember really digging some of their stuff. Anyone care to help me out? __________________ you should be ashamed to be so proud of what you got http://www.mediafire.com/?ryxhwjmb1y9 http://www.mediafire.com/?g4wzjzjz1gu

03-08-2008, 02:12 PM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,664	Alright, I'm back to give my 2 cents on this now. This album is great, it really is. The song structures are incoherent and messy, the layers and layers of pointless noise and intertwining instrumental add-on parts are insane, the tag-team vocals overlap and cut into each other like competing race horses in a way that's so absurd it's hilarious, the lyrics are so tongue-in-cheek and ridden with in-joke references that they're completely indecipherable probably even to the other members of the band...and it all sounds ABSOLUTELY F'CUKIN BRILLIANT! It takes some time to sink in, but this is a record of lasting appeal that just gets better upon each subsequent listen. Basically, get a copy of it! Now! Peace