Los Campesinos! have released their second (possibly third) album and it is wicked. Romance is Boring was released January and it is chock full of nutty nuts that light up those indy receptors in our ear-tastebuds. Musicboxer’s Free Music Friday featured a song off of the album, “The Sea is a Good Place to Think of the Future,” and it is still the best thing this album has going for it. Unfortunately it lands later in the album but what precedes it is worth listening to as well. The easy review is if you liked that link off of Free Music Friday then you will appreciate this album. There is a certain morbidity to this album that reminds me of the COTIcats photoshops from Garrison Dean’s most recent “It’s a Disaster!” column on Io9.com. Basically it is quite a lot of “my crazy girlfriend and death and yelling and I hate the ‘church’ and drowning after falling off of a pier” type of songs. But not any more than say, Pinkerton, really. And the music is definitely an art-rock-noise variant similar to Stars. Which I like a lot. And are made up of members of Broken Social Scene. And are all on the Canadian Label Arts & Crafts. Really, the back end of this album, starting with “I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know” after an odd coda of a 45 second track is where the meat is. Loud, noisy, messy pop rock goodness. So check it out. It isn’t perfect, but the whole thing is enjoyable to say the least.
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