Sticking Fingers into Sockets
EP by
Los Campesinos!
Released3 July 2007
RecordedStir Studios, Cardiff
Warwick Hall, Cardiff
GenreIndie pop
Length16:02
LabelWichita, Arts & Crafts
ProducerDavid Newfeld
Los Campesinos! chronology
Hold On Now, Youngster (EP)
(2006)		 Sticking Fingers into Sockets
(2007)		 Hold on Now, Youngster...
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. ClubA[2]
Pitchfork Media8.4/10[3]
Popmatters8/10[4]
StylusB+[5]

Sticking Fingers into Sockets is a compilation EP released by Welsh indie pop band Los Campesinos! in 2007. It collects their two previously released 7-inch UK singles onto one CD.[6] It was released through Arts & Crafts, being the band's first release with the label.

Track four, "Frontwards", is a cover of a song by Pavement, released on their 1992 EP Watery, Domestic.

The release was positively received by critics. Music publication Pitchfork, in a 8.4/10 review, called it a "superbly crafted indie pop" record.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gareth Paisey and Tom Bromley, except for "Frontwards" by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.

  1. "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives" – 2:18
  2. "It Started With a Mixx" – 1:19
  3. "Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)" – 3:20
  4. "Frontwards" – 2:18
  5. "You! Me! Dancing!" – 6:12
  6. "Clunk-Rewind-Clunk-Play-Clunk" – 0:35

Release history

Date Country Label (Cat#)
3 July 2007 United States/Canada Arts & Crafts (A&C025)
27 August 2007 United Kingdom Wichita Recordings (WEBB147)

Personnel

  • Aleksandra Berditchevskaia – vocals, keyboard
  • Ellen Waddell – bass guitar
  • Gareth Paisey – vocals, glockenspiel
  • Harriet Coleman – violin, keyboard
  • Neil Turner – guitar
  • Ollie Briggs – drums
  • Tom Bromley – lead guitar
  • David Newfeld – producer
  • Luke Jones – engineer (4, 6)

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ A.V. Club review
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Popmatters review
  5. ↑ Stylus review
  6. ↑ "Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP - Arts & Crafts". Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP - Arts & Crafts. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Hogan, Marc (20 July 2007). "Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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