No Blues is the fifth studio album by Welsh indie rock band Los Campesinos!. The album was produced by John Goodmanson and the band's guitarist, Tom Bromley.[1] It is the band's first album without founding bassist Ellen Waddell, who amicably left the group in late 2012.

No Blues
Studio album by Los Campesinos!
Released	29 October 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Indie rock indie pop
Length	41:39
Label	Wichita Turnstile Music Heart Swells
Producer	John Goodmanson Tom Campesinos!
Los Campesinos! chronology
Hello Sadness (2011) No Blues (2013) A Los Campesinos! Christmas (2014)
Singles from No Blues
"What Death Leaves Behind" Released: 29 August 2013 "Avocado, Baby" Released: 8 October 2013

The album was released on 29 October 2013 on Wichita Recordings, Turnstile Music and Heart Swells.[1] It is the band's first album not to be distributed in North America by Arts & Crafts Productions.

The first single, "What Death Leaves Behind", was released as a free download on the band's SoundCloud page on 29 August 2013.[2] The second single, "Avocado, Baby", was released on 8 October 2013.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B+[5]
Consequence of Sound	[6]
Drowned in Sound	[7]
MusicOMH	[8]
The Line of Best Fit	[9]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[10]
The Skinny	[11]
This is Fake DIY	[12]

Initial critical response was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 79, based on 17 reviews.[13] The A.V. Club named the album the 18th best album of 2013 in their annual year-end list.[14]

Track listing

All songs written by Gareth Paisey.

1. "For Floatsam" – 3:43
2. "What Death Leaves Behind" – 3:37
3. "A Portrait of the Trequartista as a Young Man" – 3:01
4. "Cemetery Gaits" – 4:52
5. "Glue Me" – 5:04
6. "As Lucerne/The Low" – 4:22
7. "Avocado, Baby" – 4:36
8. "Let It Spill" – 3:20
9. "The Time Before the Last Time" – 2:47
10. "Selling Rope (Swan Dive to Estuary)" – 6:17

Personnel

Musicians

• Los Campesinos!, notably:
  • Gareth Paisey – writing, vocals
  • Tom Bromley – guitar, brass arrangements, string arrangements
• Michael Iles – trumpet
• Craig Walker – trombone
• Phillip Peterson – strings
• Cardiff Cougar Allstars Cheerleaders – vocals

Technical

• Tom Bromley – producing
• John Goodmanson – producing, mixing
• Mazen Murad – mastering

Promotional

• Michael Barrow – photography
• Rob Taylor – art direction, album design

References