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Sticking Fingers into Sockets
EP by Los Campesinos!
Released	3 July 2007
Recorded	Stir Studios, Cardiff Warwick Hall, Cardiff
Genre	Indie pop
Length	16:02
Label	Wichita, Arts & Crafts
Producer	David Newfeld
Los Campesinos! chronology
Hold On Now, Youngster (EP) (2006) Sticking Fingers into Sockets (2007) Hold on Now, Youngster... (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	A
Pitchfork Media	8.4/10
Popmatters	8/10
Stylus	B+

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. 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.

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

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.

• 2007 debut EPs
• Los Campesinos! EPs
• Arts & Crafts Productions EPs
• Wichita Recordings EPs