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Recorded
  
2011

Hello Sadness (2011)
  
No Blues (2013)

Release date
  
14 November 2011

Label
  
Wichita Recordings

Length
  
40:06

Artist
  
Los Campesinos!

Producer
  
John Goodmanson

Genres
  
Indie rock, Indie pop

Released
  
14 November 2011 (UK) 15 November 2011 (US/CAN)

Similar
  
Romance Is Boring, We Are Beautiful - We Are D, No Blues, Hold on Now - Youngster, Sick Scenes

Los campesinos hello sadness full album


Hello Sadness is the fourth studio album by British indie pop band Los Campesinos!. It was recorded during summer 2011 in a small studio near Figueres, Spain, and was produced by John Goodmanson. It is the band's first release to feature new drummer Jason (formerly of The Ghost Frequency) and the first full-length release to feature new members Rob and Kim, who had previously first appeared on the All's Well That Ends EP in 2010. The album is also the group's final release to feature violinist Harriet, who left before the album's release, and bassist Ellen who left the band in December 2012.

Contents

The album was released on 14 November 2011 in the United Kingdom and 15 November 2011 in the United States and Canada. In August 2012, the album shortlisted for the 2012 Welsh Music Prize.

Hello sadness los campesinos


Release

The album's pre-release bundle featured the CD, a digital download, a T-shirt, a DVD and an exclusive release called Hold On Now, Youngster...: The Demos, which featured demo tracks from the recording of the band's 2008 debut album Hold On Now, Youngster... as well as the non-album rarity "How I Taught Myself to Scream" and the previously unreleased track "No Tetris".

The general release of the album featured the CD and a DVD featuring a documentary about the making of the album.

Personnel

  • Gareth Campesinos! - vocals
  • Kim Campesinos! - vocals, keyboards
  • Robert Campesinos! - vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Ellen Campesinos! - bass, vocals
  • Neil Campesinos! - guitar
  • Tom Campesinos! - guitar, brass arrangements
  • Jason Campesinos! - drums, percussion
  • Harriet Campesinos! - string arrangements
  • Benjamin Kaminski - viola
  • Jimmy Ottley - cello
  • Samantha Boshnack - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Nelson Bell - trombone, tuba
  • Jherek Bischoff - double bass, brass arrangements
  • Songs

    1By Your Hand4:07
    2Songs About Your Girlfriend3:18
    3Hello Sadness4:12

    References

    Hello Sadness Wikipedia