Track Listing

1. Death To Los Campesinos
2. Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
3. Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s)
4. Drop It Doe Eyes
5. My Year In Lists
6. Knee Deep At ATP
7. This Is How You Spell Ha Ha Ha We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux Romantics
8. We Are All Accelerated Readers
9. You Me Dancing
10. ...And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison
11. Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4455 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-25
• Number of discs: 1

CD Description
'Hold On Now Youngster' is the debut album from Cardiff based seven-piece Los Campesinos. Recorded in Canada and produced by David Newfeld (Broken Social Scene) the album is a frenetic mix of indie pop inspired by the likes of ArchitectureIn Helsinki, Pavement and Bis. The single 'Death To Los Campesinos' is also included.

Customer Reviews

Hold on tight, great ride
Los Campesinos! highly energetic debut caught the eye in early 2008 with their spunky guitar and shrill lyrics. A highly optimistic and joyful set of tracks from the Welsh seven piece begins with "Death to Los Campesinos!" and continues at the same pace with standout tracks "Don't tell me to Do the math(s)" and "Drop It Doe Eyes" keeping the listeners attention with the urgent and energetic delivery. The lyrics are witty and clever, with examples like

"Drawing tiny little pictures of skeletons,
to get across the sense of impending doom,
and I am seventeen pages through this notebook now,
and they are little more than picture of how I see you,
on a xray machine which is more like a television screen "

being both thoughtful and playful. A similar trick Pavement used for many years. The track of the album is "You! Me! Dancing!". It has all the elements I like in a track. A slow but building din raises the tempo and volume, disguising the melody until it jumps from the noise to ambush you with catchy lyrics, tunes and a fluctuating tempo that makes a good song. It is an awesome end to a very refreshing album.

happy, celebratory rock!
seen the band play several times (including Glasonbury) and they just get better and better. This a great, feel-good, foot-tapping album I'd recommend to anyone. Although reminiscent of a lot of the music out there at the moment they add a little something extra with their quirkiness and exhilaration!
buy it!!

The album of 2008?
Los Campesinos! are a seven-piece (four boys and three girls) hailing from Cardiff. Their debut album Hold on Now Youngsters is an absolute indie party riot!

The album is full of perfectly sculpted indie classics. The highly charged, energtic songs are witty, creative and in all honesty brilliant songs leap at you like that first pint of Lager after a long week at work, slap you hard in the face, smile, and invite you to join their party - riotous tunes from start to finish.
No one with an ounce of a music brain should go on any longer without listening to You! Me! Dancing! - definetly a cult classic. That would get even the most cynical of critic bopping up and down. Whilst no other song might be quite as amazing, the rest are still quirky, fast paced indie-pop hits then will make you singalong and smile in similar doses.

Buy the album and more importantly see them live, bigs things in store with album two, I hope!

4 and 1/2 out of 5.