Dailyish Review - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster…

Los Campesinos! first full-length album starts off in a twee explosion with “Death to Los Campesinos!” The rest of the songs race along full of shouted choruses, and boy-girl trade-off verses; it’s also lovely to hear the glockenspiel sharing the spotlight with the keyboards, guitars and drums. This seven-member outfit from Wales is high on energy and fixated on having fun. It’s no wonder that they borrowed their first hit single, “You! Me! Dancing!” from their debut EP and placed it on this album for a repeat listen. “Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats” stands out for its dance punk transition into shoe gazer territory at its end. And the best song title (so far this year) goes to “This is How You Spell: HA HA HA, We Destroyed The Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics.” To decipher all the album lyrics, a careful listen is needed so gems like And when our eyes meet all that I can read is “You’re the B Side” aren’t missed. One more thing: !!!!

Arts & Crafts
3 /5

–Emily Khong