Listen to 'When Christmas Comes', the lead track from Los Campesinos!' forthcoming Festive EP 'A Los Campesinos! Christmas'.

Effervescent malcontents Los Campesinos! temporarily remove themselves from the fireside to release this limited edition slice of hot seasonal wax. ‘A Los Campesinos! Christmas’ features 5 LC! carols, plus a cover of Mud’s Christmas #1 hit ‘Lonely This Christmas’. 

Produced by Tom Campesinos! and mixed by long-time collaborator John Goodmanson, ‘A Los Campesinos! Christmas’ is an instant classic ready-made to enter the limited canon of great seasonal releases.

Lead track ‘When Christmas Comes’, the first new Los Campesinos! material since last year’s critically acclaimed career highlight ‘NO BLUES’, is available to stream and embed right now.

1. When Christmas Comes
2. A Doe To A Deer
3. The Holly & The Ivy
4. Kindle A Flame In Her Heart
5. The Trains Don’t Run (It’s Christmas Day)
6. Lonely This Christmas

‘A Los Campesinos! Christmas’ will be in select record shops from 8th December via Turnstile/Heart Swells, or available to pre-order direct from the band at po.st/BUYLCXMAS from 7pm, Monday 17th November. All pre-orders from LC!’s site will come with an especially designed Los Campesinos! Christmas Card, hand-signed by the band.

Los Camp! have a handful of UK gigs scheduled.

23rd Nov - The Flapper, Birmingham (SOLD OUT)
4th Dec - Sound Control, Manchester*
5th Dec - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds* (SOLD OUT)
6th Dec - Arts Centre, Norwich*
7th Dec - Village Underground, London* (SOLD OUT)

*with support from Trust Fund
Tickets are available from: http://loscampesinos.com/live

When Christmas Comes
When I go home I will walk via tinseltown, 
down LED avenues, jingle bells all around
Where they pluck all the stars from out the sky, 
and they hang them from rafters up on high 

I wished away the last year, it was the worst of times, 
audition for ass end of horse in village pantomime.
Just to hear your voice calling from the back
“it’s behind you!” oh yeh thank God for that

Christmas Eve, torrential rain
One single snowflake on this plain
I held you in gloved hands
and I’m not letting go 

New Year to November
It’s looming near, it lingers close
Into December,
when Christmas comes, what’s lurking goes

Saved hard all Winter to ensure your stocking’s full,
joined the choir, took myself door to door
making small change with all the carollers
every mention of His name changed to yours

A dream of you stood naked as Christmas tree, 
left unattended ’til second week of February.
In the morning, you’re lying next to me
Covered in gold, stole from nativity

Can you hear it?
Let the bells chime!
Lift your glasses high 
for the Boy Child!


When Christmas Comes

swing for the fences every time
otherwise you might as well be waiting in line
while the rest of us
keep building trust
while everything we have just goes and rusts
so fight the decay
at least for today
and hope it was more than just a delay

brimstone fountains keep on spitting clouds into the sky

burn it all to ashes every time
just some more matches for this listless climb
so you drift through life
well it must be nice
to have nothing but some bad advice
so keep your shit in your own head
go and poison yourself that way instead
no one wants to hear that anyway 
so go on get the hell out of here and pray

sun sets on your old plan 
start drawing a new hand
suns sets on your old plan
cause i guess you were never really in demand

brimstone fountains keep on spitting clouds into the sky

a life worthy of such derision 
was never really your decision
or so you say
as you go astray
least every day
when really every little choice you make 
comes down to how much shit can you take
do you fight for love or just give on up
or i guess have you really really had enough

clear view now what's ahead
shuffle right on back to where you've been
that's all there is for you
but hey i know where i'm going too
true love was hard to find
but i got someone that's so divine
so here's something you can take off the shelf
i'll be happy while you fool yourself
sun sets on your old plan 
cause i guess you were never really in demand
swing for the fences every time
only way to hold on to what's mine
spent a whole life struggling for nothin
now ain't that really really somethin
won't make the same mistakes
i'll do whatever it takes
to ensure i don't become like you
all full of regrets and burning through
sun sets on your old plan 
cause you were always the company man

brimstone fountains keep on spitting clouds into the sky
brimstone fountains keep on spitting clouds into the sky

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