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Under Achievers Please Try Harder, by Camera Obscura (CD on Elefant)

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Format: CD
Label: Elefant
Price: £9.99
Catalogue number: MRG239
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Rating: happy This record left our Clint feeling happy.

Camera Obscura have a new CD out. Ladies on the front with a camera and a teddy bear and text that looks like its come from a Simon and Garfunkel album. Anyone seen a picture of Art Garfunkel's son? Utterly incredible. Anyway its nice stuff like Belle and Sebastian if a woman sang (no jokes, please). Lovely and fluffy. It's on LP and CD and it's called Under Achievers Please Try Harder

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The band's new album features the virtues of its successful first album and announces a new stage full of great achievements and unforgettable moments. Basing on good taste and hard work, CAMERA OBSCURA have reached an enviable cult status which is getting closer to massive. CAMERA OBSCURA's songs make the audience surrender to their charms with each listen: this is a new example of classic pop with that 'something special' so difficult to define: maybe because of Tracyanne's vocals? or the wide assortment of always exquisite influences, ranging from 50's girl bands to 60's soft pop or country pop? or maybe the transparent production of Geoff Allan, who has worked with MOGWAI, TEENAGE FANCLUB, THE DELGADOS, ARAB STRAP, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN? or maybe it's that songs like 'Teenager' are simply perfect? CAMERA OBSCURA know how to reach people's hearts with sweet melodies wisely dressed with delicate arrangements and bittersweet lyrics. A wonderful sample of mellowness, wisedom and worked-up pop jewelry.

 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

'That's just what pop should be like. Loud, fast and very exciting.'