Los Campesinos! Cover Black Flag, Heavenly on Single
"A new generation of Henry Rollins fans will want us killed."
Photo by Grace deVille
The exclamation obsessed lads and lasses of Los Campesinos! are nearly finished recording their full-length debut/follow-up to the Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP with Broken Social Scene knob twiddler Dave Newfeld, and to showcase their excitement about the thing, they're unleashing a new UK single on October 22.
According to a MySpace bulletin from the Campesinos! camp, the A-side, "The International Tweexcore Underground", "is a story of a friendship of two opposites and how they are in the best band in the world, one embracing things that are, shall we say (and you would almost definitely say) 'twee' (yuck) and the other embracing music that is...not so."
The single will come in seven-inch, CD, and download formats. For its flip side, the initial concept of "The International Tweexcore Underground" "led us to the genius idea of creating a B-side for both of these people, and covering songs that each in turn would maybe like, by musicians that are name-checked in the song. You must understand that this is a decision based on art, and not on us being too rubbish to write our own B-sides. SO, now we have LC! playing the Amelia Fletcher/Calvin Johnson duet of Heavenly track 'C Is the Heavenly Option' and on the other hand LC! stick it to the man with our rendition of Black Flag's 'Police Story'. Pretty rad huh?
"And so, the concept single is born (yeh, it's ALL down to us) and a new generation of Henry Rollins fans will want us killed. Sweet thing."
Even sweeter: the band made a video for "Tweexcore", which you may have noticed in Forkcast today. They also have plenty of previously reported tour dates that begin October 2 in Dublin. Sweet thing.
Dates:
10-02 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's *
10-03 Belfast, Ireland - Limelight *
10-06 Lancaster, England - Library *
10-07 Northampton, England - Racehorse *
10-09 Oxford, England - Zodiac *
10-10 Bristol, England - Thekla *
10-11 Wrexham, England - Central Station *
10-12 Liverpool, England - Barfly
10-13 Manchester, England - Night & Day *
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's *
10-16 Edinburgh, Scotland - Cabaret Voltaire *
10-17 Newcastle, England - University *
10-19 Leeds, England - Cockpit *
10-20 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms *
10-21 Birmingham, England - Custard Factory *
10-22 Brighton, England - Komedia *
10-23 London, England - ULU *
10-25 Colchester, England - Arts Centre *
10-26 Norwich, England - Arts Centre *
10-27 Sheffield, England - Fuzztival
10-29 Cambridge, England - Portland Arms *
10-30 Southampton, England - Joiners *
10-31 Exeter, England - Cavern Club *
11-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands - London Calling
11-04 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-07 Munich, Germany - Atomic Café
11-08 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
11-10 Lille, France - Aeronef
11-11 Paris, France - La Cigale
11-12 Nantes, France - Olympic
11-14 Toulouse, France - Bikini
11-27 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
11-28 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
11-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
* with You Say Party! We Say Die!
The exclamation obsessed lads and lasses of Los Campesinos! are nearly finished recording their full-length debut/follow-up to the Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP with Broken Social Scene knob twiddler Dave Newfeld, and to showcase their excitement about the thing, they're unleashing a new UK single on October 22.
According to a MySpace bulletin from the Campesinos! camp, the A-side, "The International Tweexcore Underground", "is a story of a friendship of two opposites and how they are in the best band in the world, one embracing things that are, shall we say (and you would almost definitely say) 'twee' (yuck) and the other embracing music that is...not so."
The single will come in seven-inch, CD, and download formats. For its flip side, the initial concept of "The International Tweexcore Underground" "led us to the genius idea of creating a B-side for both of these people, and covering songs that each in turn would maybe like, by musicians that are name-checked in the song. You must understand that this is a decision based on art, and not on us being too rubbish to write our own B-sides. SO, now we have LC! playing the Amelia Fletcher/Calvin Johnson duet of Heavenly track 'C Is the Heavenly Option' and on the other hand LC! stick it to the man with our rendition of Black Flag's 'Police Story'. Pretty rad huh?
"And so, the concept single is born (yeh, it's ALL down to us) and a new generation of Henry Rollins fans will want us killed. Sweet thing."
Even sweeter: the band made a video for "Tweexcore", which you may have noticed in Forkcast today. They also have plenty of previously reported tour dates that begin October 2 in Dublin. Sweet thing.
Dates:
10-02 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's *
10-03 Belfast, Ireland - Limelight *
10-06 Lancaster, England - Library *
10-07 Northampton, England - Racehorse *
10-09 Oxford, England - Zodiac *
10-10 Bristol, England - Thekla *
10-11 Wrexham, England - Central Station *
10-12 Liverpool, England - Barfly
10-13 Manchester, England - Night & Day *
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's *
10-16 Edinburgh, Scotland - Cabaret Voltaire *
10-17 Newcastle, England - University *
10-19 Leeds, England - Cockpit *
10-20 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms *
10-21 Birmingham, England - Custard Factory *
10-22 Brighton, England - Komedia *
10-23 London, England - ULU *
10-25 Colchester, England - Arts Centre *
10-26 Norwich, England - Arts Centre *
10-27 Sheffield, England - Fuzztival
10-29 Cambridge, England - Portland Arms *
10-30 Southampton, England - Joiners *
10-31 Exeter, England - Cavern Club *
11-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands - London Calling
11-04 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-07 Munich, Germany - Atomic Café
11-08 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
11-10 Lille, France - Aeronef
11-11 Paris, France - La Cigale
11-12 Nantes, France - Olympic
11-14 Toulouse, France - Bikini
11-27 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
11-28 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
11-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
* with You Say Party! We Say Die!
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