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Hello Sadness
Rock · 2011 · 23 tracks

Hello Sadness

Los Campesinos!

A hyper-literate, maximalist autopsy of a breakup. Shouted choruses and twinkling glockenspiels collide with the brutal reality of losing someone.

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The best album ever made about getting your heart ripped out and then watching your team lose on penalties.

A relentless, articulate exploration of heartbreak that balances crushing despair with communal catharsis.

Hello Sadness · vs · Los Campesinos!
Raw+1.6σ

The vocals lean notably further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 23 Tracks
01
By Your Hand
4:08
02
Songs About Your Girlfriend
3:18
03
Hello Sadness
4:13
04
Life Is a Long Time
4:21
05
Every Defeat a Divorce (Three Lions)
5:04
06
Hate for the Island
2:20
07
The Black Bird, the Dark Slope
3:55
08
To Tundra
4:11
09
Baby I Got the Death Rattle
4:13
10
Light Leaves, Dark Sees Pt. II
4:16
11
The International Tweexcore Underground (demo)
3:20
12
Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats (demo)
3:40
13
Drop It Doe Eyes (demo)
2:57
14
Death to Los Campesinos! (demo)
2:56
15
…and We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison (demo)
3:01
16
My Year in Lists (demo)
1:57
17
Knee Deep at ATP (demo)
2:48
18
We Are All Accelerated Readers (demo)
2:39
19
No Tetris
3:00
20
How I Taught Myself to Scream
2:53
21
Making Of
31:00
22
How to Play
11:39
23
Extras
10:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
the explosive, cathartic burst of the title track's chorus where the sadness is greeted like an old friend
the skeletal, haunting piano opening of To Tundra that builds into a towering wall of sound
the specific, biting detail of the fox ripping through bin-bags in Hate for the Island
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