You Say Party! We Say Die!

You Say Party! We Say Die!, Los Campesinos!, Sky Larkin at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Scotland, Tue 16 Oct

Review by Billy Hamilton

If you’re one of the electro-shock-mop adorning, Standard Grade-sitting teens tonight I don’t suppose you give a f*ck if us grimacing old bastards are left to sweat it out at the side bar guzzling pints while you and your mates are eagerly anticipating Los Campesinos!...»

Cabaret Voltaire

»

You Say Party! We Say Die!

»

Los Campesinos!

• Aleksandra Campesinos! - singing, clapping, melody horn
• Ellen Campesinos!! - bass, singing
• Gareth Campesinos! - singing, glockenspiel, guitar, clapping
• Harriet Campesinos! - violin, keyboards, singing
• Neil Campesinos! - guitar, singing
• Ollie Campesinos! - drums, singing
• Tom Campesinos! - guitar, singing

Hold on now youngster, this is a good thing to look into the maw of the void, but let's not be excessive, there is still Los Campesinos!. And one day you will wake in the middle of the night and the water on your face will not be from the cold sweat that your dreams of impending doom have produced but from tears of joy squeezed out by a lingering melody, a droning violin, a haunting mantra or a panic attack brought on by a song so tight and serene and messy and polished and dense that it suffocates you like the fumes of the paint that made your favourite album covers. Actually, it's just pop music.

Listen at their MySpace

Sky Larkin

Sky Larkin are Katie (tip-toe guitar/vox/Korg), Nestor aka Nestaaargh! (drums 'n' grunts) and Douglas Adams (bass/Korg/sci-fi classics).

If that made sense, perhaps you'll want to befriend them at their MySpace page, here.

ALSO: Website

Photo by Danny North