Los Campesinos!: The Sea Is A Good Place To Think About The Future

Although often shadowed out by happy-tappy xylophone and gleeful smiles, Los Campesinos! certainly have a sensitive side. ‘The Sea…’ commences with melancholic, plucked chords, the building of strings, akin to Why? more than anything and once it’s finished, you want to hear more of this “side”, but the only reference there is this very song. The forthcoming third LC! record might just expose more than we expected it to…

Gareth Campesinos!’s lyrics also have their moments, but here almost every single line can be plucked out and analysed on its own, chanted on its own, with its own meaning and context. And whilst this is without doubt a song about a girl, it’s by no means typical. Outstanding words include “You can never kiss a Tory boy without wanting to cut off your tongue” and “She was always way too pretty for me to believe a single word she said”. It tells a story unlike any other song in their catalogue, and bar the slightly odd-fitting chorus which sees the band retreating to their old, shout-quite-loud ways, is their most inventive work to date.
(JM)

mp3: The Sea Is A Good Place To Think About The Future

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