Almost two decades since Los Campesinos! met at Cardiff University freshers’ week, the band are playing to a sold-out students’ union on their biggest UK tour to date. “It’s not meant to happen like this,” shrugs singer Gareth David. “We were meant to drop off!”
After a lightning bolt of success in the late 2000s with You! Me! Dancing!, a twee indie disco classic which was licensed for a Budweiser advert, Los Campesinos! could have been written off. Instead, the seven-piece group have carefully carved their own path as DIY cult stars. Their self-produced, self-released seventh album All Hell is their first in seven years, and their first to crack the UK Top 20 – supported by a “marketing spend” of just £190.86. “Another way is possible,” the band told proud fans on X.
