The music by CAMERA OBSCURA is perfect to go with images reflecting sensibility, elegance, simplicity. The proof lies in how many times their music has been synchronized on movies and TV series, some of them as popular as The Gilmore Girls or Grey’s Anatomy. The world of publicity has also noticed this characteristic in the music of Tracyanne Campbell’s band: from the last month of April, the song "Country mile" (taken from the band’s successful third album, "Let’s get out of this country") has been used as the soundtrack to an exclusive clothing ad from British chain Tesco. The ad, a minute long, is shown on TV and cinema, internet and the chain’s outlets. Click here! [ Read more ]

"Let’s get out of this country", third album by CAMERA OBSCURA, is undoubtedly the one that has confirmed the band as one of the most interesting and admired names in the international pop scene. If the quality of an album can be measured by the amount of singles we can take from it, it’s clear that this is one of the best pop albums that have come out in a long time. "Tears for affairs" is already the fourth single taken from this album, and it’s obvious we couldn’t release a new single by CAMERA OBSCURA without its own videoclip. As usual, the video has been directed again by Blair Young, on his sixth work for the Glaswegians. Once again, Young has done an excellent job combining visual elegance and a love and respect for pop music that he shares with the band, its fans and of course ourselves. The footage is a tribute that perfectly evokes, through the use of light and video effects, the different atmospheres of mythical English, American and European TV shows from the 60’s. A master lesson in musical knowledge, a model in good taste and, once more, a most beautiful video for our collection. [ Read more ]

June 2007

Friday, 1IV Festival IndyspensableCamera Obscura+ Astronautas + Bombones + FarrahMadridtime: 23:00 price: Free ShowAuditorio El EspinilloTertulia s/n [Distrito de Villaverde]www.indyspensable.com

Saturday, 2Wychwood FestivalCamera ObscuraLondon and South East [uk]Cheltenham Racecoursehttp://www.wychwoodfestival.com/lineup,day,2.html

Sunday, 3Camera ObscuraLeeds – Midlands [uk]The Wardrobe

July 2007

Friday, 6Roskilde FestivalCamera ObscuraRoskilde [Denmark]

Saturday, 7T in the Park FestivalCamera ObscuraPerth & Kinross [Scotland]http://www.tinthepark.com/

Saturday, 21Festival Internacional de Benicassim FIBCamera ObscuraBenicassim [sp]http://www.fiberfib.com

August 2007

Thursday, 22nd Sudoeste FestivalCamera ObscuraAlentejo [Portugal]http://www.breakpoint.es/es/sudoeste07.htm

Friday, 24Seaport Music FestivalCamera ObscuraNew York [us]http://www.seaportmusicfestival.com/ [ Read more ]

Following their 2007 European tour, CAMERA OBSCURA have confirmed an appearance in this year’s Festival Internacional de Benicassim de este año, which will take place from July 20 to July 22. Other top names confirmed in the bill are LO-FI-FNK, THE PIPETTES, KLAXONS, CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY YEAH, ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, THE B-52’S, DINOSAUR JR, THE GO! TEAM, THE RAPTURE, WILCO, ARCTIC MONKEYS, CANSEI DE SER SEXY, THE HIVES, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, THE MAGIC NUMBERS and many others.

In their FIB show, CAMERA OBSCURA will play the songs in “Tears for affairs”, the fourth single taken from their highly successful third album “Let’s get out of this country”. The band has also confirmed two other Spanish dates: April 27 in Santiago de Compostela and April 28 in La Coruña. [ Read more ]

A few weeks ago we mentioned how Richard Hawley had chosen from the pages of Mojo magazine "Let’s get out of this country", the third album by CAMERA OBSCURA, as one of the best albums he had heard in 2006. He said CAMERA OBSCURA deserve to be much better known everywhere (he actually said "massive"), and he isn’t the only fellow musician who thinks that way. On The Independent we read Brett Anderson (singer from SUEDE and THE TEARS) saying that this album is "probably my single favourite album this year. Beautifully crafted songs that echo the best moments of THE CONCRETES".

In another important British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, the title song from "Let’s get out of this country" is one of the year’s best five singles (along with worldwide megahits like "Crazy" by GNARLS BARKLEY or "Hips don’t lie" by Shakira), and on the same page we read Stuart Murdoch (BELLE AND SEBASTIAN) saying that the album by CAMERA OBSCURA is "the best contemporary record I’ve heard in a long time".At the same time, "Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken" is featured on the "100 great undiscovered tracks of 2006" in Q magazine, where they add: "Infectious retro-pop with nods to both Phil Spector and fellow Glaswegians Belle and Sebastian".

In Spain, "Let’s get out of this country" is up on all the specialized magazines end-of-year lists (Roc [ Read more ]

We are getting used to read the news about the international success of CAMERA OBSCURA: "Let’s get out of this country" is at the top of the best end-of-year lists worldwide, and the band lead by Tracyanne Campbell is already one of the most admired in the international pop scene thanks to their marvellous tunes and their tireless concert schedule. One of the latest countries to join the fever for the Glaswegian band is Mexico: last december 4th was the release date of "Let’s get out of this country", released through the Noiselab label (responsible also of domestic releases by ARCADE FIRE, BRAKES, BLOC PARTY, CANSEI DE SER SEXY, CAT POWER, MORRISSEY or THE LIBERTINES).

Thanks to this domestic release of their third album in Mexico, CAMERA OBSCURA will take advantage of their new American tour -starting at the end of January and going through all of February around the United States and Canada- to add a new stamp top their passports and play their first gig in Mexico: the date will be next february 10th, at the Poliforum Siqueiros in Ciudad de Mexico. And we bet it won’t be the last one! [ Read more ]

"If looks could kill" will be the third song chosen as a single from the successful third long-player by Scottish band CAMERA OBSCURA, released worldwide through Elefant Records. After the excellent reception of the album "Let’s get out of this country" and its two first singles, the new single will come out on sale next January 22nd 2007, tying in with a new tour around the USA.Along with the title track, the CD-single format will include two previously unreleased tracks: "Hands up baby" (a duet by Kenny McKeeve and Tracyanne Campbell, recorded during the main album sessions in Sweden) and the very recent song "Alaska", recorded on the last weekend of October by Paul Savage (THE DELGADOS) at Chem19 studios in Glasgow (where have also recorded, among others, Vashti Bunyan, TRASH CAN SINATRAS, Scout Niblett or TEENAGE FANCLUB).As usual, the 7" vinyl will be a limited edition and it will feature an exclusive, previously unreleased B-side only available on this format: a cover version of Phil Spector and the PARIS SISTERS’ eternal classic tune, "I love how you love me".

The international release of the new single by CAMERA OBSCURA will tie in with a new, extensive tour of the USA, beginning on January 18th, up until February 18th. Afterwards, the six-piece will move to Australia for seven dates there, and will immediately follow their unstoppable international tour with more shows in several territories in Asia. [ Read more ]

On the new issue of highly influential magazine MOJO, on the section "The best thing I've heard all year" (where many of the best current artists choose their selections from this year), Richard Hawley doesn't hesitate and goes for CAMERA OBSCURA. Under an image of the cover of "Let's get out of this country", the Sheffield Sinatra (as they call him at the English mag) says: "I love that Camera Obscura record, "Let's get out this country". It's like they started where The Beatles did, with that love of girl groups, and they've done something else with it. They're very underrated; they deserve to be massive." Coming from Richard Hawley, THE BEATLES comparison and that sensation that CAMERA OBSCURA deserve to me more famous sounds even more credible and important for us. Step by step, the world is acknowledging the importance and quality level achieved by CAMERA OBSCURA, and with fans as PULP's ex guitarist and crooner of the new century Richard Hawley, that target is coming even closer. [ Read more ]

Last summer, CAMERA OBSCURA traveled all along the United States, singing the songs on "Let’s get out of this country", the album that’s getting them shows all over the world and helping them climb to become one of the most important bands in the current independent pop scene worldwide. During the twenty shows they played in the States they were with Blair Young, who we can already consider as the visual biographer of CAMERA OBSCURA (he’s recorded most of their videos, as well as having worked with TEENAGE FANCLUB, SONS AND DAUGHTERS or BELLE AND SEBASTIAN). Taking advantage of the bright summer colours and the many footage ideas you can get by travelling up and down the American states for a whole month, Young has edited a frenzy collection of images that go along with the uptempo beat of the song "If looks could kill" (the new single taken from an album that’s full of melodic gems). The story behind the video is simple, yet very effective: by using countless images of hotels, motels, vans, roads, parking lots, airports, venues and live band footage, in just three minutes we can get quite an idea of the whirlwind of sensations that is such a long tour. And in three minutes you don’t get so tired! [ Read more ]

It’s more than proved: the music by CAMERA OBSCURA is perfect to go along with the images of the best TV series around. We have already told you that their music has been played on TV series like "The O.C." or "The Gilmore Girls", and we have already seen the fourth episode off the third season from "Grey’s Anatomy", where the song "If looks could kill" is played during two entire minutes at the start of the episode (two minutes is such a long time on TV!).

Now we come to tell you about yet a new appearance of CAMERA OBSCURA’s music on TV. In this case it’s about a series on NBC that is among the most popular shows this fall: "Friday Night Lights" (about the life of a highschool football coach in small town in Texas). At the end of the fifth episode of the series we can hear, of course, a song by CAMERA OBSCURA: "Let’s get out of this country", again, for more than two minutes! [ Read more ]

It’s widely clear that 2006 is the best year in CAMERA OBSCURA’s career so far, and the expectations for 2007 are high and rising: the band hasn’t stopped touring around the world, their songs can be heard on TV series like "The Gilmore Girls" or "Grey’s Anatomy", and now we receive the great news that until december 17th you can vote for the video of the song "Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken" on the list for best videos of the year on the TV show "Subterranean" on MTV2, the show that follows the legacy of the influential "120 Minutes". The best videoclips and the best artists of the year are featured on their list, and one of these artists is, of course, CAMERA OBSCURA.

Help us -and help the band!- to make their video climb steps on this list, hard as the fight might be, click on this link.

Where you can also watch the video, and once you’re there click on ‘vote’ and vote for CAMERA OBSCURA’s videoclip! You can tell your friends too!

CAMERA OBSCURA: [Vote!!!!] nominated as best video of the year on MTV2!!!picture: Nominados a mejor vídeo del año en MTV2!!!!11/12/2006 [ Read more ]