Camera Obscura are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland.The first thing that came to my mind - this has a Phil Spector retro vibe to the vocal. It pulled me in and I was not disappointed.From Amazon:'My Maudlin Career' is the fourth studio album from Scottish outfit Camera Obscura. Enlisting the help of producer JariHaapalainen (The Concretes, Ed Harcourt) who produced 2006's 'Let's Get Out...
Scottish band Camera Obscura are best known for their whimsical, sentimental ballads of youthful heartbreak and longing. Their latest album, My Maudlin Career lives up to this reputation, but falls just short of expectations. Being all too similar to their previous album, Let's Get Out of This Country, it leaves fans craving the satisfaction of knowing the lyrics and being able to sing and groo...
While the title of Camera Obscura's latest single may poke fun at the band's more, ahem, sentimental leanings, "My Maudlin Career" carries plenty of real emotion. And as the band's lead-off for its titular 4AD debut, plenty of expectations, too — which the track has no trouble meeting. By dousing the Motown homage of "Let's [...]
Check out a new tune from our beloved Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career, the title track to their newly-announced upcoming album which drops April 20th. It's a super nice, dreamy song, no departure at all from any of their other work. The first single from the album will be French Navy, so keep your eyes [...]