Los Campesinos! are a six piece
indie pop band from
Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at
Cardiff University. Although the band formed in Wales, none of its members are
Welsh. They released their début album,
Hold on Now, Youngster..., in February 2008 and followed this up by releasing a record titled
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, in October that year. Whilst many consider it to be an album due to its length, the band have previously referred to it as a 'record' or EP (extended
EP), for contractual and artistic reasons before ultimately deciding to refer to it as their second album out of simplicity. Their second official album and third overall, entitled
Romance Is Boring, was released on 1 February 2010. Their fourth full-length release,
Hello Sadness, was released on 14 November 2011. The band's fifth album,
No Blues, was released on 29 October 2013.