Released 29 October 2013 Length 41:39 Release date 29 October 2013 Label Wichita Recordings | Recorded 2013 Artist Los Campesinos! Producer John Goodmanson Genres Indie rock, Indie pop | |
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No Blues
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Los campesinos no blues full album
No Blues is the fifth studio album by Welsh indie rock band Los Campesinos!. The album was produced by John Goodmanson and the band's guitarist, Tom Campesinos!. It is the band's first album without founding bassist Ellen Campesinos!, who left the group in late 2012.
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The album was released on 29 October 2013 on Wichita Recordings, Turnstile Music and Heart Swells. It is the band's first album not to be distributed in North America by Arts & Crafts Productions.
The first single, "What Death Leaves Behind" was released as a free download on the band's SoundCloud page on 29 August 2013. The second single, "Avocado, Baby" was released on 8 October 2013.
No blues
Reception
Initial critical response was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 79, based on 17 reviews. This was the band's highest Metacritic average since We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed in 2008. The A.V. Club named the album the 18th best album of 2013 in their annual year-end list.
Songs
1For Flotsam3:43
2What Death Leaves Behind3:38
3A Portrait Of The Trequartista As A Young Man3:02