LOS CAMPESINOS INTERVIEW

los campesinos interview

Los Campesinos! - their name means 'the peasants' or 'the farmers' in Spanish - began in March 2006 as what Tom describes as 'a playful hobby'; they played their first chaotic student union show in May 2006; made a four-song demo recorded at a local youth centre and posted it on the net at around the same time; spent Summer 2006 reeling in shock as offers for record deals and gigs poured in; supported Tom's heroes Broken Social Scene in August 2006, while telling the various labels who wanted them that they were all going to spend another year studying; and signed to the further education-supporting Wichita label in November 2006.

All that, in eight months, for a band that "didn't really know what we were doing"