Tune In Saturdays: Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura, a Glasgow-based six piece, has made an engrossing mish mash of 50's and 60's retro combined with atmospheric pop. Let's Get Out of This Country has a melancholy undercurrent, and would feel very much at home on a Belle and Sebastian record. They just feel nice and comfortable, like some sort of background music to a Zach Braff movie.
The unfortunately-named Dan Raper over at Pop Matters sums up the appeal of the band, and more particularly, lead Tracyanne Campbell quite nicely:
She’s got this kind of lovable confusion that everyone in their 20s can relate to—and she expresses it in shades of sweet harmony that makes any eager consumer of characteristic UK chamber pop flutter with excitement.
If you head over to their MySpace page, give "Hey Lloyd" a listen, it's a nice upbeat indoctrination into the band. Below is the video for "Let's Get Out of This Country."