Camera Obscura!
 

my god, i cant stop listening to this band. they are so damn good.

if you have never heard them, check it out here..

http://www.epitonic.com/artists/cameraobscura.html

*listens*

oh ja

Aaah one of my faveourite local bands

'Before you cry' is a beautiful song...

hey do yu know what a camera obscura is? its a tool artists would use to have an image projected on a canvas thus to paint it perfectley

many photographers have used it because it tends to project it upside down. Like an obscured camera. Anyway back to the real topic at hand I love the band too.

how confusing as I really like a band with the same name - http://www.camera-obscura.net/

Great Twee (think Belle & Sebastian). Underachievers please try harder being my favorite album.

If you like twee another band to be sure to check out is Sodastream (Best album is Minor Revival)

I have To Change the Shape of an Envelope actually by your Camera Obscura... listened ages ago and it didn't click.. just gave it a quick spin and it's a bit heavy for my tastes, but seems pretty well done.

is there something up with epitonic? it seems to have been down for a few days.

Are there any other Camera Obscura fans here? Or just fans of twee in general?

Huge twee pop fan here. Love Camera Obscura as well, My Maudlin Career is one of my favorite releases this year.

I'm kind of hoping my death is caused by intense amounts of twee, that would be nice.

Haha, nice. Now, I see a lot of twee fans with Magnetic Fields plays, are they twee-ish at all? Also, I totally agree that My Maudlin Career is one of my favorites for this year, by far.

Not quite in the same sense as most twee bands, but I'm sure you'd find something in their disco that counts, Merritt has a **** ton of material. One of the Magnetic Fields side projects, The 6ths, would be more fitting to the twee label I think.

Get 69 Love Songs regardless if you don't have it already.

Alright yeah I gave The 6ths a listen and I can see where the twee comparisons come from, and I really like them!

Also on another note, I got 69 Love Songs and wow... I have only listened to half of them because I find myself wanting to listen to it from start to finish everytime I listen. I can never seem to get through all of them though, so I think I might just continue where I left off next time I give that album a listen.

Any other good Magnetic Fields albums I should check out?

Oh, and Camera Obscura released a cover song "Blizzard" in time for the holidays. Any Cam Obscura fans should most definitely check it out.

Big Camera Obscura fan,really glad to see the new album is getting the attention they've been denied for too long.
Magnetic Fields seem pretty ace,if you like twee I think Beat Happening are utterly essential listening as are Orange Juice and Felt.

Oh of course... Calvin pretty much started twee in the US....i think?

Anyways, as much as I love Beat Happening, I tend to like the female vocalists more in the twee bands. Beat Happening is different though, and that is why I like them so much...

And yeah it is nice to Camera Obscura is getting bigger. I think before "Lets Get Out Of This Country" they still had day jobs, but now I think they are doing the band gig full time, which is good so they focus more time on making their amazing music.
What is your favorite album by them?

69 Love Songs is magnificent! Usually I'll just listen to a single volume at a time because it's such a massive album. Hard to pick a favorite disc, each have their own perks. 69 Love Songs is Merritt in his prime though, so you might not enjoy the other albums quite as much, but they're definitely worth hearing. I'd go for either Holiday or Get Lost.

They've also got a new album coming out soon, Realism, you might be able to catch them on tour if you're lucky. :D

Alright I will check those out. Now have you heard Distortion? I got that album when I got 69 Love Songs, and I liked that one as well. I don't know how well it was received from a regular fan such as yourself, but I enjoyed.
Holiday wouldn't happen to be an album about the holidays though, would it?

Distortion was actually the first album I heard from them. I liked it at the time but compared to all the synthy albums I heard afterwards it just didn't hold up for me.. actually I forgot all about it once I got ahold of 69 Love Songs. Too Drunk To Dream is a great song, though.

..and not quite :D. Merritt uses holiday in more of the vacation/break sense of the word. The man does love his themed albums.

I much prefer the noisy Camera Obscura who formed in the states about 10 years ago. I hate Twee music with a passion so the Scottish band do nothing for me whatsoever.

I found this band via the joys of Last.fm yesterday actually, and can't for the life of me figured out what band I was listening to to get linked to them. Its actually really annoying me.

They're playing near me in Indianapolis and I'm bummed I can't go... Anyone else seeing them?

Razzle Dazzle Rose is their best song in my opinion! Check it out.

I think that is probably my favorite song as well. If not Razzle Dazzle then maybe I Need All The Friends I Can Get...

What is hard for me is to pick one song. I can rank my favorite albums much easier than songs because when I listen to Camera Obscura I usually listen to an album. Still though, I would say "Lets Get Out Of This Country" is my favorite album. As for Razzle Dazzle Rose again, that song is just so epic, the trumpet, lyrically. Everything about it is so good.

Cannot get into this band at all. I have their last two albums (supposedly two of their best) and nothing grabs me. Considering i love twee and these guys are supposed to be one of better bands about at the moment i'm at a bit of a loss. I'll give My Maudlin Career a bit more rotation.

Yes, please do. But I think there first two albums are more twee, and the last two are more poppy twee, if you know what I mean...

How do you feel about their first two albums at least?

Awesome!!
 

they are definitely awesome stuff --> if eyes could kill

wow!

I'm guessing Belle & Sebastian.The comparisons are tiresomely regular.

I love the little moves they've taken to refine their sound from album to album. So far they've been on a consistently upward trajectory, with their latest being their best album, and one of the best this year.

I am a huge fan, in fact, I was listening to the record the entire morning during my commute to work. I don't know if it's comparable, but I like it way more than the She & Him record. Tracyanne Campbell's voice is what I wish Zooey Deschanels would sound like.