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9.0
35741
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Mature, reflective, elegant and just that little bit haunting, but ultimately and most importantly of all, brilliant
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8.3
34881
8.3 |
Paste Magazine
Hello Sadness doesn’t feel derivative of prior releases, largely because the Campesinos! allow themselves to wallow in their sadness just a little more than they have before
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8.1
34841
8.1 |
Beats Per Minute
The unbridled emotions that are allowed to manifest more on this album than any previous mean that it goes off in incalculable different ways and makes it the harder to pin down
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8.0
34843
8.0 |
DIY
A great album, because it finds a happy medium between coming of age and just being grumpy old men
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8.0
34928
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Los Campesinos! have tightened up their sound but haven’t lost any of the musical elements that made them successful in the first place
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8.0
34555
8.0 |
musicOMH
When Los Campesinos! hit that sweet spot, the results are stunning
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8.0
34556
8.0 |
Spin
The Welsh septet are still showing signs of growth on this third album
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8.0
34557
8.0 |
BBC
LC! may have matured, but the essence of what’s made them a cult band remains
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8.0
34640
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Feels vital, filled to the brim with urgent, palpable, and unabashed sentimentality
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8.0
34684
8.0 |
Q
10 compelling tracks of thundering confessional pop. Print edition only
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8.0
34691
8.0 |
Uncut
As they've grown, they've acquired a pleasing emotional weight. Print edition only
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8.0
34817
8.0 |
Pitchfork
Their fourth straight great album
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8.0
34969
8.0 |
The Fly
Although lyrically brazen, Los Camp!’s fourth effort is by far their most musically restrained
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8.0
35023
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The group have grown into themselves and crafted a measured and mature record without compromising their personality
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8.0
35117
8.0 |
AU Review
Gone is the scattergun approach to instrumentation, especially in the more effective use of string arrangements. Their finest hour
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7.0
35077
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
His romantic failure makes for fine songs – now if only he could get laid
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7.0
35674
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
They’re still the same but different, growing, and to be admired for it
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7.0
34698
7.0 |
NME
Los Campesinos! could well be a British The National. Hello Sadness, goodbye childlike obscurity
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7.0
34871
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
More melancholic than anything LC have done so far, but thankfully far from being melodramatic
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6.7
34796
6.7 |
A.V. Club
The band matures, not necessarily for the better
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6.0
34785
6.0 |
PopMatters
Five or six of the songs make a mark; the rest is largely filler on an album stretched out to a 40 minute runtime
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6.0
34620
6.0 |
The Guardian
Sad, sad, sad
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6.0
35187
6.0 |
Clash
The best moments remain the songs where the band moves as a unit, conjuring a sense of hope and elation, rather than falling back on tired, shouty punk clichés
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5.5
34806
5.5 |
Bowlegs
There’s no arguing with the tight pop tunes
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5.0
34964
5.0 |
Prefix
Offers the lumbering and deflated version of Los Campesinos!, hiding away their most alluring energy in favor of glum inactivity
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5.0
34887
5.0 |
Under The Radar
I, for one, hope the ladies and gentlemen of Los Campesinos! cheer up real soon. They’re better at jubilant witticisms and frenetic jive than dim and dark depressions
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5.0
34639
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
The school jotter scribbles that once enamoured are beginning to prickle
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