The title track for Los Campesinos! sophomore release, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is super charged and Brit Pop at it’s evolving finest. As the album topped NME‘s Best of 2008 list, the Welsh band uniquely blends the sounds of a more aggressive Reggie and the Full Effect with Polyphonic Spree and Broken Social Scene.
The track starts with a keyboard hook and percussion that becomes flushed with charming embellishments from glockenspiel, violin and other such additions. These tuneful embellishments and variations toy with the angst driven, witty lyrics to underline the title – a jolting way to inaugurate the first day of Spring. Coachella, here I come.
