Los Campesinos! at Heaven, Under the Arches (London)

Yesterday, Dan and I went off to London to see one of my favourite bands (for the fourth time!), supported by Joanna Gruesome who were also ace. This time I'm pretty sure we were that crazy drunk couple singing and dancing to every song, and I really couldn't care less because I had the best time ever. Great company and great music go very, very well together (and being a bit drunk made it even better).

For once I put all of my things in the cloakroom so I didn't manage to take any pictures, but I'm actually pretty glad about that because it meant I didn't have to worry about anything and I could just enjoy all of it. I've had to look up the set list because everything was a bit of a crazy blur of dancing and singing, but it was as follows:

1. As Lucerne/The Low
2. By Your Hand
3. Romance is Boring
4. What Death Leaves Behind
5. Death to Los Campesinos!
6. A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; or, Letters from Me to Charlotte
7. For Flotsam
8. Hello Sadness
9. Glue Me
10. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
11. Cemetery Gaits
12. Songs About Your Girlfriend
13. Let it Spill
14. Avocado, Baby
15. You! Me! Dancing!
16. The Sea is a Good Place to Think about the Future
17. Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time (Encore)
18. Straight in at 101 (Encore)
19. Baby I Got the Death Rattle (Encore)

Every song is a favourite, really, but my highlights were definitely Romance is Boring, Glue Me and, as always, The Sea.

I was so sad for the gig to be over, especially as we had to be done by 10pm and the band had to go to work the next day. Work! It seemed so unfair that people who had the power to make people have the time of their lives have to go back to a day job the next day, but I'm so glad I got to be there at the end of the tour (despite the fact that we couldn't be joined by Kate whom I miss very much). Everyone should go to see them and buy their wonderful merchandise that was featured here! Walking around the prettily lit London with Dan afterwards was also the most lovely way to finish off the evening, and props to the couple we found on the Christmas tree instalment at Embankment who helped us to light up the tree.

Los Campesinos!- No Blues Appreciation

After a really ace weekend at home it was lovely to return to Southampton and pick up my LC! bundle! Because of the mishap with printing, it's been a longer wait than we would have hoped- but it was so worth the wait. Coloured vinyl is always a lovely surprise, and the pink of No Blues is great. Wonderful artwork as ever, and I really like the print it came with! The album itself is amazing, and may be edging its way into my number 1 spot for LC! albums, but my heart is still clinging to WAB, WAD at the moment. And after spending the majority of today listening to it I'm even more excited for their gig next Monday! Bit of a brief little post but I've got to head off to work very soon, so just enjoy the pretty pictures rather than my rubbish description.