Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
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Artist: Camera ObscuraEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-04-21
Music Label: 4AD
Soundtracks:
- French Navy
- The Sweetest Thing
- You Told A Lie
- Away With Murder
- Swans
- James
- Careless Love
- My Maudlin Career
- Forests And Sands
- Other Towns And Cities
- Honey In The Sun
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Free Music Review: One of my absolute favorite records.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is easily in my top 10 favorite albums of all time. I think the songs (melodies, horn/string arrangements, Tracyanne's voice, etc) are better than ever here. The lyrics are great, as always. A lot of people see this as "Let's Get Out of This Country" Pt. 2, but I don't think so. I think "My Maudlin Career" has a totally different vibe, and the songs have SO much more immediacy. They are some of the catchiest songs I've ever heard, even if they aren't innovatively so, somehow it's just perfection here. All though it's still a modern indie take on traditional pop, this album has a much more lively sound than "Let's Get Out of This Country", especially on the first half of the album. It's a full out pop-hook blitzkrieg with incredibly sunny numbers, and some of the best songs on the album, and of Tracyanne's career. The second half of the album sees some more slow-paced tracks that really show the emotion and angst in Campbell's voice, and it's absolutely lovely. The record concludes with the horn-filled "Honey in the Sun" which is upbeat, happy, and also sad, and it's a perfect exclamation to an essentially perfect album. My only concern now is that the band might not be able to top this one, but I can't wait to see them try!
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As the title suggests, their new album shares with the listener an affectionate wit and a melancholy tendency towards life's daily routines and relationships. Yet it also boasts and expands on the affected pop elements explored on their breakout album, "Let's Get Out Of This Country". It's no wonder Camera Obscura are often mentioned in the same sentences as fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian, indie rock faves The Lucksmiths, and music legends The SmithsAlternative Rock Music CDs
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