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Los Campesinos! are a 7 piece indie-pop band from Cardiff. The band formed in Cardiff University in 2006, and were originally a trio made up of Neil on guitar, Ellen on bass guitar, and Ollie on drums. Tom joined the band in March 2006 as lead guitarist and songwriter, and was later followed by Gareth on vocals and glockenspiel, Harriet on violin and keyboard, and Aleks on vocals and keyboards. The band name translates as "The Farmers" or "The Peasants" in Spanish.

In November the same year, the band were signed to Witchita Recordings. Their first single was released in February 2007. It was a double A-side single featuring the songs We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives and Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s).

Soon after this, the band signed to Arts & Crafts records for Canadian & North American releases. In June 2007, You! Me! Dancing! Was released on 7”. This was closely followed by the EP, Sticking Fingers Into Sockets, which featured all the bands releases to date, and a cover of the Pavement classic, Frontwards.

The band went on their first full UK tour in October 2007, and also released a new single called International Tweexcore Underground, which charted at 126 in the UK singles chart. This song will not feature on the forthcoming album, Hold On Now, Youngster. The next singles will both be taken from the debut album. These will be Death To Los Campesinos! And Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks.