{"id":15320,"date":"2024-09-05T05:14:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T04:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/?p=15320"},"modified":"2024-09-05T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T04:16:10","slug":"morning-songlos-campesinos-holy-smoke-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/2024\/09\/05\/morning-songlos-campesinos-holy-smoke-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning song#Los Campesinos! #Holy Smoke (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cHypnic jerk and I\u2019m woken from a dream. We were pooling pennies for the coin-op guillotine\u201d goes the opening line of \u2018Coin Op Guillotine\u2019 the first track on Los Campesinos! <\/strong>seventh album. \u2018All Hell\u2019. As far as openings go, it\u2019s about as on brand as the band can get. And one that leaves a smile plastered across listener\u2019s faces that remains long after the notes of the final track have faded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been seven years since the band\u2019s last studio album<\/a><\/strong>. The longest they\u2019ve ever gone between records. A lot has changed in that time. Personally. Politically. Globally. One thing that hasn\u2019t however, is Los Campesinos!\u2019 ability to find romance, and indeed heartbreak, in the everyday. To be so militantly, yet so poetically left wing, and their ability to relish in self-deprecation without ever once feeling on the nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one might expect, there\u2019s plenty of the above on offer across the 15 tracks on \u2018All Hell\u2019, a record that feels as self-referential as it is self-deprecating. With nods to each of the records that came before it, listening through is a joy for a long-term fans, whilst the uninitiated can be sure that this is the ultimate gateway album to LC! And while it might not be your favourite, there\u2019s a very good chance it might just be their best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second track \u2018Holy Smoke\u2019 for instance is a clattering, fizzy post-punk offering that feels more akin to the band\u2019s first three albums than anything they\u2019ve done in years, though the e-number effervescence of those records has been replaced by something of a world weary cynicism found within later material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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