The debut full-length from Los Campesinos! seems tailor-made for the hipsters and internet-based music critics. Their frenetic indie pop owes enornous debts to Pixies and The Cure, along with every other band that has ever served as an entry point into the 80s indie rock canon for nascent virtual crate-diggers. This is not to minimize what Los Campesinos! have achieved here; they have succeeded in making a fun party record for a crowd that tends to take itself way too seriously. They can pull off such a knowing send-up of obsessive fan behavior because they have done it all themselves. They took a giant risk in lampooning the very audience they intended to reach, and it has paid off handsomely.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster...
The debut full-length from Los Campesinos! seems tailor-made for the hipsters and internet-based music critics. Their frenetic indie pop owes enornous debts to Pixies and The Cure, along with every other band that has ever served as an entry point into the 80s indie rock canon for nascent virtual crate-diggers. This is not to minimize what Los Campesinos! have achieved here; they have succeeded in making a fun party record for a crowd that tends to take itself way too seriously. They can pull off such a knowing send-up of obsessive fan behavior because they have done it all themselves. They took a giant risk in lampooning the very audience they intended to reach, and it has paid off handsomely.
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