But lyrically, this album is something else. The album is basically about fame, the obsession with ("Hollywood", "Shampain", "Are You Satisfied?") and the vacuous underbelly of the commercial 21st century ("Girls", "Numb", "I Am Not A Robot"). And those qualities spill over into a phenomenally accomplished debut that is both a posing pastiche but also incredibly human. She's clever, witty, perceptive, original and incredibly sexy - all hallmarks of a great popstar. Marina Diamandis is the best thing to happen to pop music this side of GaGa. 'The Family Jewels' by Marina & The Diamonds 'Belle & Sebastian Write About Love' by Belle & Sebastianġ2. Oh to have time to listen to them all! So I hope you enjoy, agree and disagree. Though all of them are objectively very good music it would seem! And bear in mind this is only the albums that I've heard this year. so these are my favourite albums of the year, painstakingly put in rough order or preference. I considered compiling a list of the objectively best albums of the year and those I personally prefer, but couldn't be bothered. There are lots of things that go into that, but it's fact. I thoroughly belief that there is music that is objectively good and objectively bad. So it's that time of year! I love end of year lists and have been quite excited about writing and publishing my own for a while. They're laying the 02 Empire Shepherds Bush in February and I'm gonna pull out all the stops to be there!
I hope you enjoy it and can't recommend these guys enough. Click the little hyperlink that says 'RiB 7"'. So the download is available here from their blog. Gareth Campesinos! is undoubtedly one of the best lyricists across any genre, anywhere right now- and probably one of the best of the last 10 years. The lyrics are dense and physical, like all Los Camp lyrics, and ache with a self loathing and disatisfaction that is painfully human. Lyrically, it shares one of the major themes from the album- sex. I can easily imagine someone somewhere fobbing the vocal style off as pretentious, but I find the vocals truly affecting and reckon that Los Campesinos! are fully aware of the problems people could raise with their sound, showcased so perfectly in this track. The vocals veer from high, forced shouts to low, nasal sneers that brutally yet beautifully bastardize any and all melody, so that it hides beneath the surface, but it is very much there. The vocals are as wrenched, emotional and compellingly uncomfortable as ever from frontman Gareth, and that's one of the things I really love about this band. But still, as I said- brilliant! It opens with atonal violin streaks which glide over a slightly menacing lollop of a guitar line which is something they got VERY good at on Romance is Boring.
They said it didn't fit on the album and I can see why, for various reasons. It's not a new track by any means, and is from the recording sessions of their album. It was the B-side to the single of "Romance is Boring", which, as the band themselves have said, "nobody bought".
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Tune in later to find out.) Also, my Fantasy Football Team are named "Los Premierleagueos!" in dedication to them.īut earlier today the band announced via Twitter (oh yeah- they have one of the best musician Twitter accounts around- follow surprisingly enough- they announced the free download of their song "Too Many Flesh Suppers". (It may feature of my much anticipated Top 11 Albums of 2011. It's a classic example of a band just honing everything that's good and lovable about them in the first place to a place where it just strikes every chord right when you're listening to it, and it truly engrosses you and is just a hell of a lot of fun as well. They released one of this year's best albums, Romance is Boring, back in January, and it's undoubtedly the best of their albums. I thought of ways to dress up the start of this post and slide smoothly from some semi-relevant opening sentence into the above declaration, but I couldn't think of a way to do it and- quite simply- you need to be told. Los Campesinos! are quite simply one of the best indie bands around at the moment.
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