The Light Nights – Camera Obscura
If my Tuesday night hadn’t been spent catching Kamasi Washington’s Mesa gig, you would have found me Wednesday night at the intimate & awesome Crescent Ballroom watching Scottish band Camera Obscura. I fully realize I missed a terrific and rare opportunity to see a great band live, and most notably to hear the voice of Tracyanne Campbell in the flesh. But alas, I am old, I’m a working man, and yada yada didn’t happen.
I can report though that I’m instantly smitten with a tune off their new album, Look to the East, Look to the West. The song is “The Light Nights,” and it hits all the same sweet spots for me that “Honey in the Sun” did a few years back.
The band is currently winding their way through the southern and eastern U.S., and will wrap their U.S. leg at Webster Hall in NYC on June 20th.
I highly recommend this great tune.
Let Tracyanne’s smooth, flawless voice wash over you like a cool babbling brook in the Torridon Hills…
” I want to be sun-kissed and put on your wish list immediately.”Photo: from https://www.camera-obscura.net/
In Appreciation of: Honey in the Sun
Please add me to the Tracyanne Campbell appreciation society. The Scottish lead singer/guitarist for Glaswegian Indie Pop band Camera Obscura caught my attention recently when “Honey in the Sun” rang out sweetly from my Mac speakers (hard to romanticize, ha).
Her voice is indeed sweet like honey, and the sun-kissed, wistful beauty of the song itself just hits me right where it counts. “Honey in the Sun” is the last song on their fourth album, My Maudlin Career, released in 2009. The comparisons to Belle & Sebastian are obvious, and after reading up, I came to discover that B&S singer Stuart Murdoch produced their debut album Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi.
In fact, “Honey in the Sun” gives off the same vibes as my favorite Belle & Sebastian tune, “Another Sunny Day.”
Long story short, I’ll be exploring Camera Obscura’s discography, and taking in the beauty of Tracyanne’s voice.
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