Los Campesinos! discography

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Los Campesinos! discography
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Los Campesinos! performing live in 2010
Studio albums7
EPs4
Live albums1
Compilation albums2
Singles25

The discography of Welsh emo and indie rock band Los Campesinos! consists of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, four extended plays and 25 singles.

Contents

Los Campesinos! was formed in early 2006 and has gone through a number of line-up changes. Influenced by the twee-pop movement, their first two albums – which are the only two in their discography to feature the same line-up – were both released in 2008. [1] Hold on Now, Youngster... and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed both received critical acclaim, prompting their third album in 2010, Romance Is Boring , which was praised for expanding their "already sizeable instrumental palette". [2]

Their fourth release, Hello Sadness , was released in 2011, followed by No Blues in 2013 and Sick Scenes in 2017. [3] The band has also released a live album – Good Night for a Fistfight in 2013, and four EPs, most recently Whole Damn Body in 2021. They will release their seventh studio album, All Hell , in July 2024.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[4]
UK
Indie

[4]
BEL
[5]
NED
Alt.

[6]
SCO
[7]
US
Heat.

[8]
US
Indie

[9]
US
Rock

[10]
Hold on Now, Youngster... 7238971510045
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
  • Released: 27 October 2008
  • Label: Arts & Crafts (A&C 037), Wichita (WEBB 187)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
112 [A] 43
Romance Is Boring
  • Released: 26 January 2010
  • Label: Arts & Crafts (A&C 050), Wichita (WEBB 239)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
922374328
Hello Sadness
  • Released: 14 November 2011 [11]
  • Label: Arts & Crafts (A&C 065), Wichita (WEBB 315)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
186132233748
No Blues
  • Released: 29 October 2013 [12]
  • Label: Turnstile (TS 007), Wichita (WEBB 410)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
[B] 1435
Sick Scenes
  • Released: 24 February 2017 [13]
  • Label: Wichita (WEBB 500)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
838671432
All Hell
  • Scheduled: 19 July 2024 [14]
  • Label: Heart Swells
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
1436
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with details shown
TitleDetails
A Good Night for a Fistfight
  • Released: 4 May 2013
  • Label: Heart Swells
  • Formats: Cassette (CS), digital download

Compilations

List of compilation albums, with details shown
TitleDetails
Hold On Now, Youngster... The Demos
  • Released: 14 November 2011
  • Label: Arts & Crafts
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hold On Now, Youngster... Rarities Collection
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Label: Wichita
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with details shown
TitleDetails
Sticking Fingers into Sockets
  • Released: 3 July 2007
  • Label: Arts & Crafts, Wichita
  • Formats: Digital download
All's Well That Ends
  • Released: 19 July 2010
  • Label: Arts & Crafts, Wichita
  • Formats: Digital download
A Los Campesinos! Christmas
  • Released: 8 December 2014
  • Label: Heart Swells, Turnstile
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download, streaming
Whole Damn Body
  • Released: 7 May 2021 [15]
  • Label: Heart Swells
  • Formats: CS, digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles, with details and selected chart positions shown
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[4]
SCO
[16]
"We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives"
/ "Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)" [17]
2007 [C] 72 Sticking Fingers into Sockets
"You! Me! Dancing!" [19]
"The International Tweexcore Underground"12647Non-album single
"Death to Los Campesinos!" [20] 200819832 Hold On Now, Youngster...
"My Year in Lists" [21] [D]
"The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future"2009 Romance Is Boring
"There Are Listed Buildings"
"Romance is Boring" [23] 2010 [E]
"Kindle a Flame in Her Heart" [25] Non-album single
"By Your Hand" [26] 2011 Hello Sadness
"Hello Sadness" [27]
"Songs About Your Girlfriend" [28]
"Tiptoe Through the True Bits" [29] [F] 2012Non-album singles
"A Doe to a Deer" [30]
"What Death Leaves Behind" [31] 2013 No Blues
"Avocado Baby" [32]
"Little Mouth" [33] [G] 2014Non-album single
"The Holly and the Ivy" [35] A Los Campesinos! Christmas
"I Broke Up in Amarante" [36] 2016 Sick Scenes
"5 Flucloxacillin" [37] 2017
"The Fall of Home"
"Renato Dall’Ara (2008)"
"Feast of Tongues" [14] 2024 All Hell
"A Psychic Wound" [38]
"0898 Heartache" [39]
"kms" [40]

Heat Rash singles

In December 2010, the band announced the launch of a quarterly magazine, Heat Rash. The following singles were released exclusively to subscribers, until 2021 when Los Campesinos! released their fourth EP, Whole Damn Body, which compiles remastered versions of all these tracks except for singles from Heat Rash #2. [41]

Remixes

Notes

  1. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed did not enter the UK Independent Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the UK Independent Albums Breakers Chart. [4]
  2. No Blues did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 67 on the UK Album Sales Chart. [4]
  3. "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 53 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. [18]
  4. "My Year in Lists" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 56 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. [22]
  5. "Romance is Boring" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. [24]
  6. This track was originally exclusive to subscribers of the band's zine Heat Rash, but was released digitally in their 2021 compilation EP Whole Damn Body .
  7. Originally released only on the band's website in 2014, this song was remastered and re-released on streaming services in 2023. [34]

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