Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Camera Obscura is a six-piece indie-pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Their fourth release, “My Maudlin Career” is made up of eleven bubbly, simple love songs that could only be described as youthful and innocent. However, while the album displays a charming depiction of naïve love, it strikes listeners with an overwhelming genuine feel. In other words, the songs on “My Maudlin Career” are hardly maudlin.
The first single, “French Navy” is so uplifting and pleasantly youthful that one would have to believe the lyrics came straight from lead singer Tracyanne Campbell’s teenage diary. Perfect for spring, “My Maudlin Career” beautifully depicts the idea of teenage love blooming as the cold weather comes to an end. Capable of transforming even the most pessimistic of cynics, Camera Obscura’s fourth installment aims to make us believe in love again.
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Camera Obscura is offering up the title track from the forthcoming album release of My Maudlin Career (out on April 20th 2009). This is going to be the bands first record for 4AD. The band are offering up the track in exchange for you email address which, is not a bad trade off. Links are below included a change to give it a listen.
Download: Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career(Requires signing up for mailing list)
Camera Obscura – New single, album & tour news
Camera Obscura announce a new single, the forthcoming album release of My Maudlin Career (out on April 20th 2009) and tour dates in both the UK and US. They are also making the title track available to download as of today.
Prior to releasing the album, comes the single, ‘French Navy’, out a week before the album on April 13th. You won’t have to wait until then to hear new music though as the new album’s title track is available to hear on both the band’s website and MySpace page now. It is also being gifted as a free download for those who sign up to the band’s new mailing list and from iTunes.
Finally, the quick will have already spotted that they have already announced two warm-up shows in March (London and New York) and that they are playing at this year’s SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas. However, not announced until today is the news that the band will play a hometown show at Glasgow Barrowlands Ballroom and a return to the capital with a Shepherds Bush Empire headline show…
Mon 16th March – The Lexington, London
Weds 18th March – SXSW, Austin, Texas (Details to follow)
Tues 24th March – The Bell House, New York
Thurs 23rd April – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (Tickets on sale from 10th Feb at 9am from here)
Sun 26th April – Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow (Tickets on sale from 12th Feb at 9am from here).
CAMERA OBSCURA MY MAUDLIN CAREER
RELEASED APRIL 20th 2009
1. French Navy
2. The Sweetest Thing
3. You Told A Lie
4. Away With Murder
5. Swans
6. James
7. Careless Love
8. My Maudlin Career
9. Forest And Sands
10. Other Towns And Cities
11. Honey In The Sun