Los Campesinos! have announced details of their forthcoming album. The release, entitled Romance Is Boring is due out 1st Feburary 2010. It was recorded with producer John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Wu-Tang Clan) between March and June of 2009, in Seattle, Connecticut and Monmouthsire and features guest appearances from Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) and Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls).
The track listing is as follows:
In Medias Res
There Are Listed Buildings
Romance Is Boring
We’ve Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2)
Plan A
200 – 102
Straight In At 101
Who Fell Asleep In
I Warned You: Do Not Make An Enemy Of Me
Heart Swells/100-1
I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know
A Heat Rash In The Shape Of The Show Me State; or, Letters From Me To Charlotte
The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
This Is A Flag. There Is No Wind
Coda: A Burn Scar In The Shape Of The Sooner State
The band will follow the release with their biggest London headline show at Koko on 25th Febuary 2010. Tickets are available to buy here.
The first single to be taken from the album, There Are Listed Buildings is available to buy on 7” on their current UK tour. The remaining dates are listed below:
October
27 – Newcastle University
28 – London Garage (SOLD OUT)
29 – Oxford Zodiac
30 – Leeds Cockpit
31 – Glasgow King Tuts (SOLD OUT)
There Are Listed Buildings video: