As Lucerne/The Low

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There is no blues that can sound quite as heartfelt as mine
Lamented at the gorge of the river, I watched it weep its banks dry
I hum the sorriest tune on the bar at these dives
Send all the patrons running home to make up with their first wives

My prose as purple but not as pretty as lucerne
For sweet nothings from the lips of a gargoyle, nobody ever yearned
Perpetually a philistine, but darling I am longing to learn
Been looked at like the rotten grape on the vine, while you and yours are drinking Sauternes.

(But the low) is, what I came for
(And to bask) in a darkness I do adore

I am the magpie's solo, the sorrow that makes you salute
Pounding the earth for the early worm, I'm a glutton but it's good for my glutes
I was solace to the sirens, the bait on the fisherman's rod
the hook took me far from my family, but closer to God

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from NO BLUES, released October 29, 2013

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Los Campesinos! Cardiff, UK

Jism & Blues.

The UK's first and only emo band.

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Jun 15

Warsaw

Brooklyn, NY
Jun 16

Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens

Boston, MA
Jun 17

Union Transfer

Philadelphia, PA
Jun 18

Black Cat

Washington, DC
Jun 20

The Opera House

Toronto, ON
Jun 21

The Roxy at Mahall's

Lakewood, OH
Jun 22

Thalia Hall

Chicago, IL
Jun 24

The Crocodile - Old Location

Seattle, WA
Jun 25

Aladdin Theater

Portland, OR
Jun 27

Great American Music Hall

San Francisco, CA
Jun 28

The Belasco

Los Angeles (LA), CA

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