Camera Obscura
A piece on Camera Obscura written before 2006 might consist of little more than a paragraph. Before that year, when they released their third album, Let's Get out of this Country, the band was largely dismissed as just another Scottish group that sounded just a bit too similar to Belle & Sebastian. It was a comparison that was almost unanimously agreed upon, and for good reason. In addition to the mopey, wistful pop employed by both groups, there were other similarities: at one time, they both had seven members, their album covers shared a similar aesthetic, Camera Obscura were helped by the drummer of Belle & Sebastian early on, and the singer/guitarist of the latter band produced the former's first album. Of course the songs would end up... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie
- City Of Origin:
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Formed Date:
- 1996
