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With their second full-length album, Camera Obscura escapes the "shadow" of comparisons with kindred pals Belle & Sebastian. Their songs aren't nearly as satirical or demurely sarcastic as those of their fellow Scots; rather, Camera Obscura express their harmonious melancholy in a much more straightforward manner, while still sharing an obvious love for infectious hooks born of 1960s folk-rock, mainstream pop, Motown, and new wave. Imagine if ABBA had lovably low-fi basement/bedroom production, and you'll come close to the poignant charms of Camera Obscura's COUNTRY.
Recording information: Cosmos Studios; Dubious; Park Studios.
Personnel: Erik Holm, Erik Arvinder (violin); Britta Persson (background vocals); Andreas Forsman (violin); Lena Bergström (cello); Tomas Hallonsten (accordion); Jari Haapalainen (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Christoffer Lundquist.
Spin (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "From its bluntly impertinent lyrics to its propulsive, Motown-inflected rhythms, the band's third album is indie pop that's baroque..."
Q (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[They] specialise in the kind of bookish retro-pop that once defined fellow Glaswegians Belle & Sebastian."
CMJ (p.7) - "Camera Obscura stick to throwback AM radio-friendly nuggets throughout, almost all of which mask desperation with major keys and catchy hooks. Maybe pop is the new goth?"
Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is a killer record....Campbell's soaring, clear voice is devastating in its sweetness." Let's Get Out Of This Country Music Let's Get Out Of This Country Music Let's Get Out Of This Country Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Pure and sweet pop
This is pop coming back to basics. Three minute delicious songs, naif and galaxies far away from the complexity of Philip Glass, but when you find yourself singing those tunes in the car, or walking on the street, without even having noticed that you were singing, you understand why this is a great album.
Submitted by ANTONIO.SOARESCARVALHO (Lisboa, Portugal) 
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I first heard Camera Obscura when I was surfing for new music on Myspace. I am hooked now. Tracyanne has a very soothing voice and I absolutely love it when listening to "Lloyd..." you hear her accent come out. This band is my new fave band and I am sad I missed them when they came to Austin
Submitted by Vic (Austin, TX)
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My God!!!
This is a beautiful album from start to finish. I am mostly into punk and other rock, but this has to be THE feel good album of the year. I am now a life long Camera Obscura fan!
Submitted by Joe (San Antonio, TX)
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I first heard Camera Obscura on an internet radio station and was instantly hooked.
This band has a wonderful, retro 60s sound that is catchy and clever. Tracyanne's voice is softly seductive and right on key.
One of my new favorites.
Submitted by Zane (Little Rock, AR, USA)
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Scottish outfit Camera Obscura hit their apotheosis with 2006's LET'S GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY, but that album's predecessor, 2003's UNDERACHIEVERS PLEASE TRY HARDER, lays ...
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This Montreal ensemble's fiery debut is marked by surging guitars, soulful strings, driving drums, brilliant bass lines, and the quavering vocals of married couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. The group's song structures careen through a vast territory of musical and personal history, with lyrics warm with memories of childhood neighborhoods and deceased loved ones, resulting in an alternating ...
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Enhancements include two bonus tracks and a Quicktime video for "Eighties Fan."
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In the early '90s, it seems every shaggy-headed rock dude from here to Timbuktu had jumped head first into grunge or "heavy alternative," and in the late '90s, the same approach had mutated into stoner rock, but at heart it all boiled down to the same thing -- young guys with big amps who longed to sound as heavy and punishing as Black Sabbath in their salad days. Sucking the 70's is a double-disc compilation featuring 35 different bands each covering a (usually) FM-radio-approved hard rock hit from the first era of marijuana-enhanced hard rock, the 1970s. Pretty much everyone here has dropped their tunings, jacked up their amps, and aimed for maximum heaviness, either in the pursuit of a faithful tribute (Throttlerod's "Black Betty" is the spitting image of Ram Jam's version, while Raging Slab -- yep, they're still at it -- are obviously honored to be taking a stab at Grand Funk's "We're an American Band") or a thorough reworking (witness Porn (The Men Of)'s slow grinding take of Neil Young's "Out on the Weekend" and Suplecs's brutal throb on Rush's "Working Man"). But most of these covers either ape the original closely enough to bring nothing new to the table, or drift so far from the original that the better qualities of the songs are lost. (Notable exception: Lord Sterling's thick but fleet-footed take on the MC5 rarity "Black to Comm.") Yeah, it's all big, heavy, and rockin', but Sucking the 70's just isn't any fun, and even the scuzziest '70s rock was still about a good time, and if you really want to hear some balls-out rock with a strong '70s influence, last that I heard Paranoid and Master of Reality were both still in print. ~ Mark Deming
Audio Remixer: Dave Allison.
Recording information: Circle In The Square, Bristol, England; Emerson Theatre, Indianapolis, IN; Galapagos Studios, B. A., Argentina; Glass Hand Studios; Great Western Studio; Hitparade Studio, Orkelljunga, Sweden; Jam Room, Columbia, SC; KM Studios, Karlskoga, Sweden; Living Room Studio, Gretna, LA; Loho Studios, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA; Pigshead Studios, San Francisco, CA; Practice Space; Rust Belt Studios, ...
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