Insound Staff Pick - 2009! Glasgow's Camera Obscura create lilting, sophisticated melodies that draw similarities to the work of Belle & Sebastian, The Clientele, and Trembling Blue Stars, but are also rooted in the more classic sounds of Nick Drake, Donovan, and Petula Clark. This is their first domestic release. Songs drift and linger like clouds in a summer sky, with gentle hooks and breezy vocals that stick in your head like a pleasant memory.

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Special Holiday Edition includes a free bonus CD of The Blizzard single (a cover of the Jim Reeves song), shrinkwrapped to the full album! Insound Staff Pick - 2009! As the title suggests, Camera Obscura's new album shares with the listener an affectionate wit and a melancholy tendency towards life's daily routines and relationships. Yet it also boasts and expands on the affected pop elements explored on their breakout album, Let's Get Out Of This Country. It's no wonder   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2009! As the title suggests, Camera Obscura's new album shares with the listener an affectionate wit and a melancholy tendency towards life's daily routines and relationships. Yet it also boasts and expands on the affected pop elements explored on their breakout album, Let's Get Out Of This Country. It's no wonder Camera Obscura are often mentioned in the same sentences as fellow Scots Belle and Sebastian, indie rock faves The Lucksmiths, and music legends The Smiths.

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This is the second US single from their 2006 full-length, Let's Get Out Of This Country, and ties in with the start of their US tour in February. Along with the title track, this CD-single includes two previously unreleased tracks: "Hands Up Baby" (a duet by Kenny McKeeve and Tracyanne Campbell) and "Alaska", recorded by Paul Savage (The Delgados) in Glasgow. Limited edition (2,500).

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Elefant releases the debut album of this Scottish six-piece. Sensitive, acoustic pop featuring delightful female vocals, rich string and horn arrangements, and perfect pop tunes like "Eighties Fan" (produced by Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian). Our edition includes two extra tracks: "Shine Like a New Pin" and "Let's Go Bowling." If you think "quiet is the new loud," you'll love Camera Obscura.

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"Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" is the first single from Camera Obscura's forthcoming full-length, Let's Get Out Of This Country. A three and a half minute pop masterpiece with a healthy nod to 60's girl groups complete with Spectorian "wall of sound" production. With two non-LP B-sides and the video for "I Love My Jean" (previously unreleased in North America), this is a must-have for fans awaiting new music from their Glaswegian heroes since January 2004.

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Teenager is the advance single of "Underachievers please try harder", the long-awaited second album of Scottish band CAMERA OBSCURA. This CD-Single features Teenager as the main track plus two exclusive songs: "I don't want to see you" and "Footloose and fancy free", which will only appear in this single. The band's new album features the virtues of its successful first album and announces a new stage full of great achievements and unforgettable moments. Basing on good taste and hard work, CAM   [ read more ]

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If this review could be one word long, that word would be "enchanting." Camera Obscura has always been lovely but they've made the jump to truly enchanting with their third album, Let's Get Out of This Country. Stepping fully out of the shadow of their onetime patrons Belle & Sebastian, the group has composed and performed an album that is comparable to B&S' best and ranks with the best indie pop albums ever. More importantly, they've released an album that pierces straight through the heart.   [ read more ]

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