Harriet
It is with sadness we announce the departure of our friend Harriet from Los Campesinos!.
As those of you who follow us closely may be aware, Harriet isn’t one for blogging, but she would like us to pass on her thanks for all the years of support and fun that you guys have given and shared in with her. Harriet has decided to leave Los Campesinos! to return to her studies and pursue the many dreams she has outside of music, and we wish her all the best in succeeding in everything she does in the future. In turn, we’d like to thank Harriet for all the memories she’ll forever be a part of, and the influence and impact she’s had on the music we’ve made together over the past half decade. We will miss you within the band dearly.
LC!, remains, for life.
How sad
so sad
Are you guys taking resumes?
I have a lot of gear, and I like to carry heavy equipment,
-A
Well that blows.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!
Good luck on your studies Harriet C! I’m glad I was able to see you perform live before you left.
R.I.P. (the experiences and stuff, not like on a literal “omg shes dead and what to do with her corpse is an immediate concern” level)
She will be missed. Her string arrangements were fantastic
Thank YOU Harriet for all you added to the band and the music. You will be dearly missed. Best of luck as your journey continues.
Goodbye Harriet, and best of luck in everything you pursue!
devastating
I will miss you,. I always will remember you smiling on this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crttsAggmy4&feature=related
Sorry for my poor English
Goodbye Harriet! Thank you for your contributions to one of my all time favorite bands. You will be missed!
As soon as I read ‘goodbye Harriet’ my heart sank, best of luck for the future, you’ll be missed!
I know that you can’t “replace” her, but do you have to bring anyone else into the band for the purpose of the live shows?
Good luck, you were the hottest babe in the band.
D: WHA?!?! Another Campesino gone to education!
Bye bye Harriet, all the best!
NOOOOOOO I LOVE YOU HARRIET!! GONNA MISS YOU DEARLY!
always found your blog-shyness endearing, probably my favourite member because of it
good luck xx
Gutted. The strings really held everything together when it all seemed at it’s most chaotic. A true talent, and nothing but the best wishes.
Sad news, but it’s an admirable choice. Best of luck!
Awful news but good luck in all of your pursuits!
Not only are your strings amazing, but you are the prettiest Campesinos! Good luck with everything, you will be missed.
Thank you so much for your music Harriet! Your violin & other contributions bring SO MUCH to lc! songs.
Whenever I recommend people to lc! I say the music is really good but it’s the violin that’s the kicker.
Again thank you for everything! You will be soo missed! Good luck with what you are doing.
lc4lyf
Good luck Harriet hope you do well and come back and do the odd bit now and again
I hope you guys get someone to play violin.
As much as I will miss Harriet’s work, it is kind of amazing and wonderful that you are all a bunch of normal folks who would like to go to school and pursue dreams instead of coasting on your indie rock success. It makes me smile that LC! has proven that, hey, you can just walk away from fame and do what you want, you don’t have to be stuck to something just because it’s successful.
Good luck out there Harriet. Punish and destroy.
This makes me really sad, like I almost feel like crying sad. I don’t think I ever took a band formation change to heart this much ever before… Not even when the drummer from Placebo left…
why did you have to go and mention the drummer from Placebo? isn’t today sad enough already?
GAH!
We’ll miss you, Harriet!
Thank you so much for everything. Your strings add a fantastic dimension to every song.
Best of luck!
With all these comings and going, LC! are gonna turn into the indie rock Guns n Roses.
[...] Harriet, the violinist for LC!, has left the band to pursue her studies. It will be interesting to see whether the band find a touring violinist, or another permanent [...]
One of my favorite concert memories is talking to Harriet after your show here in Charlotte, NC about the shows I had seen recently. I wish her the best of luck and I hope that everything goes well for her!
And then there were four. When Alex left I was bummed. When Ollie left I was troubled and confused. And I said aloud, to witnesses, “I’ll stay on board as long as Harriet does. She goes, I go…”
Cheer up, Ron! There are actually 7 members! You haven’t really been paying attention, have you?
SEE YA RON!
G
Sorry to hear you got bummed when Aleks left, Ron. That’s not really the band’s fault though.
[...] 先日のアナウンスにて、惜しくもヴァイオリニストのHarriet Campesinos!が大学復学のためにバンドを脱退しましたが、ヴォーカリストのGareth Campesinos!は今作について「バンドをやっていて私たちは常に成長している。」ということを述べています。とにかく期待が寄せられる新作のトラックリストを以下よりチェックしてみましょう。 [...]
I’ve been a big fan for years but like Ron I am troubled by all of this.
The way they handled the whole Ollie situation was sickly and it was weird that comments were disabled on his blog post. Now Harriet has left (clearly one of the most talented members who actually added a huge amount live and on record) and something stinks.
Whatever happened to their all for one and one for all spirit?
Bryany – I really shouldn’t even gratify comments like this with a response, but it becomes hard to ignore.
if Harriet wanted to return to university and to pursue other goals of hers, how does that stink?
We handles “the whole Ollie situation” in the manner that he requested. Ollie wrote that blog-post, so if comments were disabled (I don’t recall if they were myself) then they were disabled by him. Comments are automatically “on” when a blog is written, so if they became “off” then he did that deliberately.
I appreciate people are passionate about our band and feel invested in us to quite a large extent in some cases, and that’s extremely flattering, but honestly, when you infer more from situations than is sensible or reasonable, then you’re causing yourself unnecessary strain, and being massively unfair on Los Campesinos!.
There are 7 of us here who believe whole heartedly in Los Campesinos!. This is our band and we’re fucking excited about it. We make no money from this band, and we’re hardly forging ourselves a situation that’ll be beneficial to us when we have families and children, if people see their futures elsewhere, as Aleks and Harriet have, then I have respect for them for making that decision.
Since Harriet left I’ve had the misfortune of a few conspiracy theories suggesting (with no basis or reason at all) that I’m in charge of this band and pulling strings, dictating lineup. That’s complete nonsense, and incredibly spiteful. I do believe in Los Campesinos! though, more than anything else in my world, and if you want to spout bile in the future, I suggest you keep it to yourself, because Los Campesinos! is for life and every time this band’s lineup has changed it’s become stronger and something more for me to believe in.
We do have an “all for one and one for all” spirit, and that includes you. If you’re gonna be a bitch about things, then you’re not part of the One.
Behave,
G
Very well said G.
I’m sad to see Harriet go, like I was sad to see Aleks go, but Kim has an amazing voice and I’m really excited to hear the dynamic she’s going to bring to the new record. The same with Rob and Jason…
Growth in change. Stop whinging people.
Respect G,
Live in Peace Harriet.
I’ve 5 LC! tshirts, and have travelled to London from Dublin twice specifically to see the band, once on the very unpleasant, 8 hour “Sail/rail” # Never have I craved the whorey graces of Ryanair as much as on that day…
There may, eventually…be money… LC for Life!
Well said G, some “fans” seem to think they own the band and something like this is a personal affront to them!
Respect and best, best wishes to Harriet
JB
You go G tell them bitches;)
Good luck in all you do Harriet, but as long as LC! continues to be the incredible band they always have been i see no reason to be concerned..or to publicly ‘unlove’ the band ona pathetic comment….
Good luck H xx
Conspiracy theories eh!
LOL
Good luck Harriet!
Will miss your sound and presence at shows. Love you guys
This saddens me. Harriet was one of my favorite members, I loved her strings. In fact, I thought it was one of the best things about Los Campesinos.
I really hope you guys strive to find another violinst. It makes your music more beautiful.
Everytime an original member leaves, I feel as if my connection with Los comes more distance. Although you guys are still one of my favorites.
Gareth, we all know you were shagging Harriet in the naughty hole and the other members of the band found out. She was so ashamed she left the band. Heck I would be ashamed. tut tut