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Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes

Review by Dave Hanratty

It is the sound of a band doubling down on what brought them to their particular dance»

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Los Campesinos!, release their new album Sick Scenes via Wichita Recordings. The band recorded the album, co-produced by long-time collaborator John Goodmanson and band member Tom Bromley, during Euro 2016 in Fridao, Portugal. The album exists as a release of pent-up aggression, a document of both personal and societal malaise. But it’s also a celebration of just getting to be a band again, of getting to play music with our friends. Thematically the record is concerned with fumbling for personal relevance while trying to be a better person. Repressing anxiety and attempting to function while constantly maintaining the perfect two-beer buzz. It is set upon a backdrop of non-league football, prescribed medication, and crumbling hometowns. These truly are the Sickest Scenes.description from www.roughtrade.com