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GARETH CAMPESINOS!’ RECORDS OF 2011

posted December 21st,2011 by Gareth

An over-cooked documentation of the albums/EPs/records I have got most enjoyment from over the past 12 months. I think this year’s been a pretty exciting one for the evolution of my musical tastes and interests, as I’ve found hardly a single thing ‘guitar record’-wise that has stirred any emotion in me (a couple of notable [...]

NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES JAN/FEB 2012

posted December 5th,2011 by Gareth

It is our great pleasure to announce our return to the wider-North America in the New Year. Dates are as follows, with just a few more to be added in due course. 1/20 Paradise, Boston MA (18+)* 1/21 Lee’s Palace, Toronto (19+)* 1/22 Lee’s Palace, Toronto (19+)* 1/23 London Music Hall, London (19+)* 1/24 Beachland [...]

Hello Sadness, Track by Track

posted November 28th,2011 by Gareth

Without saying too much, I am currently working on a reasonably extensive Track by Track guide to our recently released album Hello Sadness. Subsequently, I am interested in answering any (/some) specific questions any of you may have about specific song lyrics/details of songs/musical or instrumental or recording intricacies etc. If there is anything particularly [...]

HEAT RASH SHIPPING ADDRESS

posted November 28th,2011 by Gareth

New issue (finally) shipping late this/early next week. Please, if you have changed address since your subscription, email new postage details to askheatrash@gmail.com If you do not inform us of any change and an issue is sent to the wrong address then we are not culpable if you never receive your copy, as we have [...]

Heat Rash #2

posted November 2nd,2011 by Gareth

It’s been a while in the making, as well you know, but finally, Heat Rash #2, entitled ‘Conversations‘ is imminent. This edition’s coverstar is Neil Campesinos! illustrated beautifully, as ever, by our man Rob ‘Sparky Deathcap’ Campesinos!. We’d like to think the content of this issue is a lot more ‘meaty’ than the first. It’s [...]

Los Campesinos! : Camden Barfly: Sunday 6th November 2011

posted October 30th,2011 by Gareth

As prelude to our forthcoming run of November rock concerts we will be treading the boards at CAMDEN BARFLY, LONDON in a MATINEE PERFORMANCE on SUNDAY 6th OF NOVEMBER. This shall be a very intimate show in our nation’s capital, with only 200 crowdspaces available. Tickets go on sale 9am on the morning of Monday [...]

Hold On Now, Youngster… The Demos

posted October 11th,2011 by Gareth

A timely reminder that at the time I press the ‘publish’ button on this blog post you will have but 3 more sleeps until your last chance to pre-order Hello Sadness from us (the cut off date being Friday 14th October) We’ve put together a pretttty decent pre-order bundle, we believe, which includes a CD [...]

Hello Sadness /// First Single /// Hello Sadness

posted October 7th,2011 by Gareth

We are very happy to announce the first single to be taken from our forthcoming album, Hello Sadness, will be its title track. Click through the image above or the lyrics below to be linked through to stream the track. Furthermore, a reminder that you only have until the 14th of October to pre-order our new record. Do [...]

COS LAMP!

posted August 3rd,2011 by Gareth

COS LAMP! COS LAMP! COS LAMP! COS LAMP!

An Update

posted July 21st,2011 by Gareth

Hello there, It’s me, Gareth. I thought I’d write a blog post to let you know what the haps are at the moment, as those of you who follow us on any one of a MILLION social networking sites that I type shit on, will likely be aware that our new album is all but [...]