Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos!
The band performing in 2010. Left to right: Kim, Neil, Gareth and Rob (Tom, Ellen and Jason were present but not pictured)
Background information
Origin	Cardiff, Wales
Genres	Twee pop (early) indie rock indie pop noise pop
Discography	Los Campesinos! discography
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Wichita Arts & Crafts Heart Swells (independent)
Members	Gareth David Paisey Neil Turner Tom Bromley Kim Paisey Rob Taylor Jason Adelinia Matt Fidler
Past members	Ellen Waddell Aleksandra Berditchevskaia Ollie Briggs Harriet Coleman
Website	loscampesinos.com

Los Campesinos! are a seven-piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. The band has seen several lineup changes– lead vocalist Gareth David Paisey and guitarists Neil Turner and Tom Bromley are the only remaining original members, now joined by guitarist Rob Taylor, keyboardist Kim Paisey, bassist Matt Fidler and drummer Jason Adelinia.

Influenced by the twee pop movement, the band released their debut studio album, Hold on Now, Youngster..., in February 2008, and followed up with We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, in October that year.^[1] Both receiving favourable reviews by critics, the former was described by Pitchfork as a "giddy, tuneful love note to individuality, pathos – and everything else indie pop built its name on".^[2] Their third album, Romance Is Boring (2010), saw the band expanding their "already sizeable instrumental palette".^[3] Since then, Los Campesinos! have released four more studio albums.

In 2021, Pitchfork included Los Campesinos! among the 200 most important artists from the site's first 25 years, and described the group as "the 21st century's most endearing cult band."^[4]