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Los Campesinos!Release date: 30th October 2023
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As I swan dive into the estuary, the birds do not flinch at my fall They perch in the rafters, before, during, after They do not notice me at all As I float down into the estuary, wind cases my body in cool I smell petrol fumes, see the smoke rise in plumes The earth is one big fireball The earth is one big fireball Anecdote, lie My own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high My own alibi I've been selling rope As I break the film of the estuary The seaweed submerges my form No passing cars stop, not a single jaw drops As my wallet and keys sink before A splash all I left in the world Anecdote, lie My own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high My own alibi I've been selling rope Once held a magpie in the palm of my hand And the blood in our veins flowed faster, as I'd planned Got a heart full of love and a head full of more But a fist full of threads from the seams And I saw a smile in that beak Anecdote, lie My own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high My own alibi I've been selling rope Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Anecdote, lie, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been telling jokes) Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Piled notes high, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been selling rope) Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Anecdote, lie, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been telling jokes) Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Piled notes high, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been selling rope) There's no ticker-tape, no pearly gates (Anecdote, lie) No carnival and no parade (My own alibi) Just one, one for sorrow (I've been telling jokes) There's no ticker-tape, no pearly gates (Piled notes high) No carnival and no parade (My own alibi) Just one, one for sorrow (I've been selling rope)
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Pre-sale begins 13th November; general sales start the following day.

Indie legends Los Campesinos! have forged a path to cult status by doing things their own way, and with their new album ‘All Hell’, they’re looking to set an example.

It's their first since 2017's 'Sick Scenes'.
