Hold On Now, Youngster
by Los Campesinos!
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37

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  1. matta
    Apr 21, 2008
    6
    Okay but very overrated. What is injustice is that this album has a higher metascore than Neon Neon. Sounds exactly like thier EP from last year, except it worked much better in that format. One of the weaker bands in the Arts & Crafts family.
  2. time
    Apr 17, 2008
    6
    Not as great as I thought it was going to be. For one thing their name is kind of stupid. "Los" is used by every band on the planet nowadays and I'm not talking about the Spanish speakers. They have a handfull of songs that I'd actually consider "twee." Other than that it's sounds like every other artrock album to come out. You can play them next to the Maccabees, Sons and Not as great as I thought it was going to be. For one thing their name is kind of stupid. "Los" is used by every band on the planet nowadays and I'm not talking about the Spanish speakers. They have a handfull of songs that I'd actually consider "twee." Other than that it's sounds like every other artrock album to come out. You can play them next to the Maccabees, Sons and Daughters, Blood Red Shoes, the Roger Sisters etc. and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.… Expand

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#65 Best Album of 2008

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Blender
    80
    Thanks to a sneaky sense of emo self-awareness and shambling, expansive instrumentation, they avoid cute overload. [Apr 2008, p.80]
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Two things save Los Campesinos! from being utterly insufferable. The first is that many of these songs are such fun, hurtling from the speakers in a blur of fuzzy guitars, big shouty choruses and smart vocal jousting between singers Gareth and Alexsandra. The second saving grace is that Los Campesinos! have the brains to back up their smart arse attitude.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    90
    There really isn’t anything wrong with this album. It’s just the most amazing sugar rush you’re going to have this year, and is what, at this point in time, sounds strongly like the best debut album by a British indie band since Tigermilk.
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