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We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed 2008

indie rock, rock, future release 32 min 10 tracks Arts & Crafts

We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is the second studio album by Welsh indie pop band Los Campesinos!. It was released on 27 October 2008 via Wichita. Recorded over 11 days in June 2008 with John Goodmanson in Seattle, the record was released with no singles, just 33 weeks after their debut album, Hold on Now, Youngster.... The album's title was taken from a review of the band by Kieron Gillen, with lyrics from the first track being inspired from his comic Phonogram.

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Spare, contemporary, character-led and classical in form.

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Tracks

1Ways to Make It Through the Wall4:12
2Miserabilia3:14
3We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed3:53
4Between an Erupting Earth and an Exploding Sky1:15
5You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing5:08
6It's Never That Easy Though, Is It? (Song for the Other Kurt)2:20
7The End of the Asterisk1:51
8Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown # 14:27
9Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time2:36
10All Your Kayfabe Friends3:14

10 tracks, 32 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Los Campesinos!
Label: Arts & Crafts
Released: October 6, 2008
Type: Album
Format: Digital Media
Country: GB

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