New single and new album by Camera Obscura
After that delicious appetizer that was the single "I love my Jean", where they showed once more how easy it is for them to write unfogettable melodies, the moment has arrived when we can at least announce the comeback of CAMERA OBSCURA with a good few new songs forming what will undoubtedly become for all of you their best record to date. It already is for us.
"Let's get out of this country" -title of the third album by the band from Glasgow- was recorded and mixed in several studios in Sweden (studios that have been previously used for recordings by THE MAGIC NUMBERS, Neneh Cherry or even Per Gessle from ROXETTE), and produced by Jari Haapalainen, producer behind such gems as THE CONCRETES or Ed Harcourt. On this album, which will finally come out in June, CAMERA OBSCURA will teach us all a lesson on classic, timeless pop with drops of country and soul here and there, featuring ten instant classics where Tracyanne Campbell's beautiful voice is wrapped in majestic and exquisitely arranged string arrangements (for which they had string musicians that have been in recent tours with Brian Wilson or Arthur Lee & LOVE).
The first single, coming out in May, will be "Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken": a country soul stomper with an unstoppable beat and a perfect ending, where Tracyanne manages to sing the chorus up to six times! And in fact, you don't want her to stop singing it, but you'd rather make her keep on singing so the song wouldn't come to an end.
Very soon we will be able to enjoy this and other songs in a new dose of timeless beauty, which will add up to the richness of CAMERA OBSCURA's melodic legacy. We're talking about eternal songs, the kind that last forever.
