Founded: 2006
Location: Cardiff
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 - Gareth Paisey (lead vocals), Neil Turner (guitar) and Tom Bromley (guitar) are the only remaining original members, now joined by Rob Taylor (guitar), Kim Paisey (keyboards, vocals), Matt Fidler (bass guitar) and Jason Adelinia (drums). All replace their surnames with "Campesinos!" as stage names.
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“Through the cyclical nature of being in a band, it comes to a point where it’s time to write an album and there’s no avoiding it; it’s something I have to do because it’s my job and I have this responsibility to my other bandmates, who I love and I don’t want to let down.”
"But at the time it was as any breakup would be, pretty terrible. In that instance the relationship broke down about two or three weeks before we went away to record, and it obviously put me in a very different mindset than I’d been in previously."