Los Campesinos! Announce November Release

Los Campesinos! have revealed that album number three will be released later this year.

Posting on their blog, frontman Gareth announced that the as-yet-untitled follow up to 2010’s ‘Romance Is Boring’ will be available in November.

Citing an explanation for the announcement, he said: ‘I know that a lot of people get frustrated during the period of time between an album being declared “finished” and the album’s actual release, so I thought I’d let you know what’s going on at the moment.

‘Right now, our main man and sound guru, Tom is exchanging final mixes with producer John Goodmanson, pruning every last note and drum hit to make sure every song sounds as perfect as it can.’

He then went on to explain the basics of studio happenings ‘for you normies’: ‘Recording: being in a studio, playing the songs. Recording what’s played.

‘Mixing: putting everything that’s been recorded together. Making sure every part is at the right volume, making sure it sits nicely in the speakers or yr headphones or doesn’t sound too terrible when you decide to play it through YOUR SHITTY TINNY MACBOOK SPEAKERS. Ahem.

‘Next comes mastering, next week in fact. But even after recording and releasing as much music as we have, I still really don’t understand that. I generally just chip in with “make the gap between songs 3 and 4 half a second longer, maybe, idk?

‘So by the time of mastering, we’ll have nailed a final tracklisting, something which seems so close but is so important that it’s really hard to finally settle on something. And that’s why I would never dream of listening to an album on shuffle. They’re in that order for a reason, y’know?’

The band are currently considering what special edition bundles they can put together and are open to suggestions.