Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!

I was oh-so-close to posting "Death to Los Campesinos," the first single off "Hold On Now, Youngster," but seeing how I hadn't discussed Los Campesinos! yet I couldn't resist going with "You! Me! Dancing!". In my opinion it was the band's finest moment on their "Sticking Fingers Into Sockets" EP and it has been held over for the full album. The energetic indie pop band from Wales has followed two well received EPs with a debut album which along with new tracks pulls a few songs from their prior releases. The band fuses sing/shouting vocals (in case all the exclamation points didn't tip you off) with bright guitars and adventurous melodies to pace the frantic delivery of their wry lyrics: "And I'm dancing like every song who spends his bizzle...Like all my dance heroes would if they existed....And it's sad that you think that they're all just scenesters...And even if we were it's not the scene you're thinking of." The song pulls the listener in from the start with a distorted undercurrent that eventually gives way to a killer guitar hook and the opening verse. The only noticeable difference between the EP version and the album appears to be a more prominent keyboard which provides better layering to the song. The track is a great introduction to the band and hey, I'd be lying if I said I didn't love the video as well.