Los Campesinos! discography

Los Campesinos! discography
Photograph of band playing
Los Campesinos! performing live in 2010
Studio albums7
EPs4
Live albums1
Compilation albums2
Singles25

The discography of Welsh emo and indie rock band Los Campesinos! consists of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, four extended plays and 25 singles.

Los Campesinos! was formed in early 2006 and has gone through a number of line-up changes. Influenced by the twee-pop movement, their first two albums – which are the only two in their discography to feature the same line-up – were both released in 2008.[1] Hold on Now, Youngster... and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed both received critical acclaim, prompting their third album in 2010, Romance Is Boring, which was praised for expanding their "already sizeable instrumental palette".[2]

Their fourth release, Hello Sadness, was released in 2011, followed by No Blues in 2013 and Sick Scenes in 2017.[3] The band has also released a live album – Good Night for a Fistfight in 2013, and four EPs, most recently Whole Damn Body in 2021. They will release their seventh studio album, All Hell, in July 2024.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[4]
UK
Indie

[4]
BEL
[5]
NED
Alt.

[6]
SCO
[7]
US
Heat.

[8]
US
Indie

[9]
US
Rock

[10]
Hold on Now, Youngster... 72 38 97 15 100 45
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
  • Released: 27 October 2008
  • Label: Arts & Crafts (A&C 037), Wichita (WEBB 187)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
112 [A] 43
Romance Is Boring
  • Released: 26 January 2010
  • Label: Arts & Crafts (A&C 050), Wichita (WEBB 239)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
92 23 74 3 28
Hello Sadness
  • Released: 14 November 2011[11]
  • Label: Arts & Crafts (A&C 065), Wichita (WEBB 315)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
186 13 22 3 37 48
No Blues
  • Released: 29 October 2013[12]
  • Label: Turnstile (TS 007), Wichita (WEBB 410)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
[B] 14 35
Sick Scenes
  • Released: 24 February 2017[13]
  • Label: Wichita (WEBB 500)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
83 8 67 14 32
All Hell
  • Scheduled: 19 July 2024[14]
  • Label: Heart Swells
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
14 3 6
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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List of live albums, with details shown
Title Details
A Good Night for a Fistfight
  • Released: 4 May 2013
  • Label: Heart Swells
  • Formats: Cassette (CS), digital download

Compilations

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List of compilation albums, with details shown
Title Details
Hold On Now, Youngster... The Demos
  • Released: 14 November 2011
  • Label: Arts & Crafts
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hold On Now, Youngster... Rarities Collection
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Label: Wichita
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with details shown
Title Details
Sticking Fingers into Sockets
  • Released: 3 July 2007
  • Label: Arts & Crafts, Wichita
  • Formats: Digital download
All's Well That Ends
  • Released: 19 July 2010
  • Label: Arts & Crafts, Wichita
  • Formats: Digital download
A Los Campesinos! Christmas
  • Released: 8 December 2014
  • Label: Heart Swells, Turnstile
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download, streaming
Whole Damn Body
  • Released: 7 May 2021[15]
  • Label: Heart Swells
  • Formats: CS, digital download, streaming

Singles

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List of singles, with details and selected chart positions shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]
SCO
[16]
"We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives"
/ "Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)"[17]
2007 [C] 72 Sticking Fingers into Sockets
"You! Me! Dancing!"[19]
"The International Tweexcore Underground" 126 47 Non-album single
"Death to Los Campesinos!"[20] 2008 198 32 Hold On Now, Youngster...
"My Year in Lists"[21] [D]
"The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" 2009 Romance Is Boring
"There Are Listed Buildings"
"Romance is Boring"[23] 2010 [E]
"Kindle a Flame in Her Heart"[25] Non-album single
"By Your Hand"[26] 2011 Hello Sadness
"Hello Sadness"[27]
"Songs About Your Girlfriend"[28]
"Tiptoe Through the True Bits"[29][F] 2012 Non-album singles
"A Doe to a Deer"[30]
"What Death Leaves Behind"[31] 2013 No Blues
"Avocado Baby"[32]
"Little Mouth"[33][G] 2014 Non-album single
"The Holly and the Ivy"[35] A Los Campesinos! Christmas
"I Broke Up in Amarante"[36] 2016 Sick Scenes
"5 Flucloxacillin"[37] 2017
"The Fall of Home"
"Renato Dall’Ara (2008)"
"Feast of Tongues"[14] 2024 All Hell
"A Psychic Wound"[38]
"0898 Heartache"[39]
"kms"[40]

Heat Rash singles

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In December 2010, the band announced the launch of a quarterly magazine, Heat Rash. The following singles were released exclusively to subscribers, until 2021 when Los Campesinos! released their fourth EP, Whole Damn Body, which compiles remastered versions of all these tracks except for singles from Heat Rash #2.[41]

  • Heat Rash #1 (April 2011): "Light Leaves, Dark Sees" b/w "Four Seasons"
  • Heat Rash #2 (December 2011): "Dreams Don't Become You" (with Zac Pennington) b/w "I Love You (But You're Boring)" (The Beautiful South cover)
  • Heat Rash #3 (June 2012): "Allez Les Blues" b/w "Dumb Luck"
  • Heat Rash #4 (November 2012): "She Crows" b/w "To the Boneyard"

Remixes

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Notes

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  1. ^ We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed did not enter the UK Independent Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the UK Independent Albums Breakers Chart.[4]
  2. ^ No Blues did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 67 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[4]
  3. ^ "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 53 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[18]
  4. ^ "My Year in Lists" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 56 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[22]
  5. ^ "Romance is Boring" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[24]
  6. ^ This track was originally exclusive to subscribers of the band's zine Heat Rash, but was released digitally in their 2021 compilation EP Whole Damn Body.
  7. ^ Originally released only on the band's website in 2014, this song was remastered and re-released on streaming services in 2023.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Gareth Campesinos of Los Campesinos!". The A.V. Club. 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Los Campesinos!: Romance Is Boring". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  3. ^ Garland, Emma. "Los Campesinos! Rank Their First Five—Yes, There Were Five—Records – Noisey". Noisey. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Peaks in the UK:
  5. ^ "Discografie Los Campesinos!". ultratop.be. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster... - dutchcharts.nl". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ^ Peaks in Scotland:
  8. ^ Billboard – Heatseekers – Los Campesinos! Chart History
  9. ^ Billboard – Independent Albums – Los Campesinos!
  10. ^ Billboard – Rock Albums – Los Campesinos!
  11. ^ "Los Campesinos! » Blog Archive » Romance Is Boring". Archived from the original on 28 October 2009.
  12. ^ "Los Campesinos!". Pitchfork. 29 August 2013.
  13. ^ Sodomsky, Sam (10 November 2016). "Los Campesinos! Announce New Album Sick Scenes, Share New Track: Listen | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  14. ^ a b Bruwier, Niels (14 May 2024). "Nieuwe single Los Campesinos! – "Feast of Tongues"" [New single Los Campesinos! – “Feast of Tongues”]. Dansende Beren. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Los Campesinos! share surprise EP 'Whole Damn Body'". NME. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  16. ^ Peaks in Scotland:
  17. ^ Valish, Frank. "Los Campesinos!". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  18. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  19. ^ "You! Me! Dancing! Los Campesinos | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  20. ^ Redfern, Mark. "Los Campesinos!". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  21. ^ Caramanica, Jon (2009-02-16). "A Rock Group With a Frontman Who Takes Up a Lot of Room". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  22. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Album: Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring (Wichita)". The Independent. 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  24. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Kindle A Flame In Her Heart, by Los Campesinos!". Los Campesinos!. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  26. ^ Thompson, Stephen (2011-11-06). "First Listen: Los Campesinos!, 'Hello Sadness'". NPR. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  27. ^ "Los Campesinos!: Hello Sadness". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  28. ^ "Los Campesinos! To Release 'Songs About Your Girlfriend'". DIY. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  29. ^ "Listen: Los Campesinos! – Tiptoe Through The True Bits". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  30. ^ "Los Campesinos! release new Christmas single, "A Doe to a Deer"". Consequence. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  31. ^ "Los Campesinos! To Release New Album, Share First Single "What Death Leaves Behind"". Complex. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  32. ^ "Los Campesinos! - "Avocado, Baby"". IndieCurrent. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  33. ^ Coplan, Chris. "Listen: Los Campesinos!'s new song 'Little Mouth'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  34. ^ "Little Mouth – Los Campesinos!". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  35. ^ "The Holly & The Ivy, by Los Campesinos!". Los Campesinos!. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  36. ^ Maine, Samantha (2016-11-10). "Los Campesinos! announce new album, share 'I Broke Up In Amarante'". NME. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  37. ^ Deville, Chris (16 January 2017). "Los Campesinos! – "5 Flucloxacillin"".
  38. ^ "A Psychic Wound – song and lyrics by Los Campesinos!". Spotify. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  39. ^ Jones, Abby (10 June 2024). "Los Campesinos! – "0898 Heartache"". Stereogum. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  40. ^ Breihan, Tom (2 July 2024). "Los Campesinos! – "kms"". Stereogum. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  41. ^ Lavin, Will (2021-05-08). "Los Campesinos! share surprise EP 'Whole Damn Body'". NME. Retrieved 2022-09-06.