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New album “Look To The East, Look To The West” released 3rd May 2024 on Merge Records. Pre-order here:
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48 today. When we eventually get on tour I’ll be on my way to being a ‘cool’ 50. Cheers everyone for all your good wishes - looking forward to seeing you all one these days
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Hey, we'll be playing some shows next year with some new music. Please do come and see us.
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You’re welcome. You may have tagged the wrong Camera Obscura., but we can certainly provide an appropriate soundtrack to the view.
There's nothing lovelier than taking in the views of the Royal Mile on a winters day. Thanks to our friends
@Camera_Obscura_
for their wonderful viewpoint.
#EdinburghCastle
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Who’s rehearsing this weekend for the first time in a year? 🙌🏻
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Hey folks, it’s been a while. Make sure you’ve got your internets switched on tomorrow. We’ve got some news we hope you’ll be happy to hear, Gavin, Kenny, Lee and Tracyanne X
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Happy Birthday to Let's Get Out Of This Country, our third album, which was released on this day in 2006. Vinyl reissue coming out on the 30th on
@ElefantRecords
. What's your fave track? What were you up to when it came out?
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Happy Birthday to Lets Get Out Of This Country, relealsed today in 2006. Join us tonight as
@Tim_Burgess
hosts us for a
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
and we live tweet through listening to the album with you all from 8:00pm
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We’ve been rehearsing like mad lately. Know why? Because we’re off to make a record next week. We can’t wait…
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We totally forgot to shout last week about our second album Underachievers turning 20!! Bit of a milestone. What's your fave track from it? What we're you up to when it came out?
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We lost our friend and band mate a year ago today. Always in our thoughts. Much love to all Carey's family and friends today x
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Happy New Year folks! Can't wait to share our new album with you in 2023! Hope it's a good one for you all x
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Happy New Year Folks, can't wait to play shows for you later this year
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21 years old this very day….. Biggest Bluest Hi Fi. We are working on a proper reissue for this at the moment, but these things take time and it might be a while, but it is happening…. What’s your favourite song on the record?
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Happy New Year folks!
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NEWS: New album + North American Tour. “Big Love” is the first single from “Look To The East, Look To The West”, released worldwide on Merge on 3rd May, 2024. You can pre-order the new album here:
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Happy Birthday to our first album Biggest Bluest Hi Fi, which is 16 years old today!
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Happy new year when it comes. We hope to give you some new music in 2020 and hopefully see some of you at some point. 💪🏻🥰🙏
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Our new single, We're Going To Make It In A Man's World, is out now. Check it out here:
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Please join us in wishing a very happy BIG Birthday to our very own Tracyanne Campbell, who turns 50 today. Happy Birthday TC, have a fantastic day, full of all the best funtimes!
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My Maudlin Career was released ten years ago today. A very happy tenth birthday to our fourth studio album. We'll post a track a day this week to celebrate. Track 1: French Navy - Live on your telly on
@CraigyFerg
's show.
#10YearsOfMyMaudlinCareer
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What better way to mark the birthday of Let’s Get Out Of This Country than with a
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
! Join us as we listen live and tweet along from 8pm on Saturday 6th June.
Saturday June 6th
8pm (UK time)
@Camera_Obscura_
will be tweeting us through Let’s Get Out Of This Country, song by amazing song
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Happy birthday Let’s get out of this country. 15 today 🎂🥂
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We were supposed to be starting to record a new record today folks. Looks like it will be a little later on than expected. In the meantime we might be having a zoom beer later together...have a happy and safe weekend x
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I was watching Rocky earlier and all of a sudden our second album made sense to me.
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Dear
@British_Airways
, Totally appreciate you’re having a bad day but WHERE’S ALL OUR GUITARS, KEYBOARDS AND PANTS!? WHERE’S ALL OUR GUITARS, KEYBOARDS AND PANTS!? WHERE’S ALL OUR GUITARS, KEYBOARDS AND PANTS!? WHERE’S ALL OUR GUITARS, KEYBOARDS AND PANTS!?
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We'd hoped to share some good news today, but we need to wait a little longer. Apologies for getting you excited a wee bit too soon, but massive thanks for all the kind words you've had for us, its been lovely to feel so much excitement from you that something will be happening
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French Navy came out a whopping 13 years ago this week. The auld tempus fair fugits. Video, as ever, by the wonderful Blair
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Dropped in to see the lovely folk
@Monorail_Music
to sign some prints ( photo by Blair Young) for their My Maudlin Career Reissue.
#Big
Love
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We’re warming up for our Boaty Weekender gigs by playing St Luke’s. We wanted to consider Carey as we approach playing for the 1st time without her so we’ve decided to raise money from the ticket sales for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. for tix
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The year didn’t quite pan out how we expected. We had hoped to bring you some new music. We’re hopeful for 2021 and wish you all the best for it. Lots of love team Obscura TC, Gavin, Lee, Kenny and Donna, and mr manager Francis 🥰
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Muchas Gracias CDMX! Three nights like this is something very special. Do we get to keep the match ball? Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Gracias, Gracias, Gracias!!! Mexico, it's been emotional!
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Album opener and first single.Lloyd I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
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On this day in history....
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken was released in 2006 on
@ElefantRecords
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Here we go!!!
CAMERA OBSCURA: REISSUES [2023] "Let's Get Out Of This Country" in Clear Vinyl / "Underachievers Please Try Harder" In Orange Vinyl PRE-ORDERS already available on our website!
#ElefantRecords
#Reissues
#2023
@Camera_Obscura_
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Our 4th studio album My Maudlin Career was released 12 years ago today! Happy Birthday! What’s your favourite song from it?
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We’re really excited to be taking part in the 15th anniversary of
@RSDUK
with a special release Making Money, our brand new compilation of
@4AD_Official
b-sides and rarities. You can get a copy from an indie record shop on
#RSD22
https://record
store
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We can't wait to share the new record with you and play live for you, thank you for your support, it means so much to us and we really appreciate it after all this time, thank you
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Georgie isn't so bothered but we are. New record alert. Cover star Fiona looking wonderful on the bank of Loch Fyne courtesy of Margaret Salmon. Out on
@mergerecords
soon...
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Just visiting Kelvingrove Park. Carey's Bench has two folks engrossed in their books sitting on it. I think she would approve x
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Because we’ve all got Covid ( apart from
@kennymckeeve
- STRONG) I forgot to tell you we finished live tracking the record last week. Some overdubs, mixing and mastering and it should be with you in the not too distant future 🙏
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Massive Thanks to
@Tim_Burgess
for hosting us. Thanks for joining us to listen along. We’ll try and catch up with everyone’s tweets now x
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There are three beautiful, limited edition, screen-printed posters designed by local artists to commemorate our 2024 concerts in Mexico City. They are available at the show.
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Five years ago we lost Carey to Sarcoma. We love and miss her. She raised lots of money and awareness about the disease and you can still help them here :
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Happy Birthday Lloyd! Released 14 years ago today.
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Who is coming to see us live next year?
We have added a second show in Mexico City - on Sunday 23rd June - due to popular demand.
Ticket here -
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We are playing live in UK + Mexico next year. Tickets are available now -
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Happy Birthday to Biggest Bluest Hi Fi, which came out fifteen years ago today!
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Massive thanks to everyone for the kind words on our new album. It's made the release yesterday even more special. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen, we've been waiting a long time to share these new songs with you & we're very glad that you seem to love them x
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Check out what was the very first Camera Obscura t-shirt. Designed by Anne who later went on to do the Biggest Bluest Hi Fi Sleeve. Must have come out in ‘98 or ‘99
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NEWS: We are touring North America in May/June, playing a 3rd night in Mexico City and adding an in-store at Rough Trade East to our UK tour in May. All ticket links here:
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UK friends, thanks so much for buying the record this week, it's been a huge support to us and we really appreciate it. We put everything into this record over the last few years and it is genuinely lovely to see your reactions to it and hear how much it means to you already 1/2
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Goodbye Janice Long. Will always remember how kind she was with us when we were on her show. Genuinely supportive. 🙏
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Happy Christmas folks. Wishing you all the best for 2022.
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We should be in Rockfield Studios recording from today. But we’re catching up via the interwebs instead. Stay safe folks. We can wait to record, even if we can’t wait to let you hear what we’re doing. Miss you all x
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Its going to be the end of the month before we can let you know our news, but its worth the wait, promise, Gavin, Kenny, Lee and Tracyanne x
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Happy
@RSDUK
folks. Hope your queues are short and sweet and you get what you want, especially this one….
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It's New Re-release day for these two beauties!! Give us a shout if you're picking them up or listening to them today. What's your favourite tracks?
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We were supposed to have been playing live today at Doune The Rabbit Hole. Sadly that wasn’t able to go ahead, but we’ve not been wasting our week of rehearsals.
#GettingReady
#NewSongs
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Desire Limes turns 10 years old today! Happy Birthday DL! What's you're favourite track? What were you up to when you first heard it?
@4AD_Official
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Our 3rd LP, Let’s Get Out Of This Country, is 15 years old today! The auld tempus fairly fugits. What’s your favourite song on the record? We’ll be spending the day in our rehearsal room remembering how to play some of these songs (and more)
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Massive thanks to everyone who has already bought the new record, if you haven't had the chance to get it yet, why not buy it before Thursday at midnight and help us make a wee bit of history.
Scottish indie-pop outfit Camera Obscura (
@Camera_Obscura_
) are set for their first UK Top 10 album with Look To The East, Look To The West, their first studio release in over 10 years 📸
See your Official Albums Chart Update:
#CameraObscura
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Massive thanks again to everyone who joined in with our
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
and to
@Tim_Burgess
for being a wonderful host. If you missed it, you can listen again in real time here:
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Date for your diary!
Friday November 12th
8pm (UK time)
@Camera_Obscura_
will be joining us for a
@LlSTENlNG_PARTY
on the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Your name is on the guest list
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Our 3rd album, Let’s Get Out Of This Country, was released today back in 2006. What were you up to back then?
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It is new release day today, Look To The East, Look To The West is now out. What better way to start the day than sharing that it is
@RoughTrade
's Album Of The Month for May, thanks folks
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We just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered the new album and streamed or bought Big Love & bought/going to buy tickets for our tour. It's been lovely to hear all your kind words about our new music and excitement about the live shows later this year
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Why, thank you
The MD list of Alternative National Treasures: Camera Obscura.
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We like a surprise. Massive thanks to
@PatNevin
for introducing us and to
@ThistleMascot
for joining in the fun.
Wasn't expecting to see
@PatNevin
introduce
@Camera_Obscura_
on to the Barrowlands stage this evening. Not sure if he was in the mascot suit at the end of the gig 😃
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Track two of My Maudlin Career was also a single, The Sweetest Thing. We're sharing a track a day as we celebrate the album turning 10 years old this week.
#10YearsOfMyMaudlinCareer
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You keep asking for Biggest Bluest Hi Fi to get a reissue and we can exclusively reveal…… it’s coming next year. On vinyl for the first time since twenty years back when 1000 copies of the record (and CDs) found their way out you all.
#TimsListeningParty
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A test pressing? Of a record? What is it? Is it coming out this year?
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Belle and Sebastian have a new record out today 👏🏻- boy those guys are hard workers. Find Tracyanne on When The Cynics Stare Back From The Wall.
Surprise! Our new record Late Developers comes out THIS FRIDAY, January 13th on
@matadorrecords
. We recorded the album in Glasgow during the same sessions as A Bit of Previous and we are excited to finally share this new collection of songs!
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Have you had a chance to listen to the new album today? What are your first thoughts, any early faves?
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Carey received the Special Recognition award from Just Giving tonight for her
@Sarcoma_UK
campaign. Very proud to have been there
#JGAwards
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