Camera Obscura are back. A staple of aughts twee, the Scottish team has actually introduced its first new album in over a years, Want to the East, Aim To the West, which shows up May 3 by means of Merge. The follow-up to 2013’s Wish Lines is led by the new tune “Big Love,” including pedal steel by Tim Davidson. Watch the video for the track listed below.
In 2015, the band’s long time keyboardist, Carey Lander, passed away after being detected with bone cancer cells. Camera Obscura took place an extensive respite to regret, however maintained in touch throughout this duration, ultimately rejoining for a couple of programs. Throughout this time around, establishing participants Kenny McKeeve, Gavin Dunbar, and Lee Thomson touched Donna Maciocia to join them in Lander’s area and started creating tracks that would certainly end up being the foundation of Want to the East, Aim To the West.
Camera Obscura will certainly additionally start a globe excursion in assistance of the new album. Starting in Hebden Bridge, England, on May 2, the band will certainly execute real-time throughout Europe prior to flying to The United States and Canada for summertime days. See Camera Obscura’s complete listing of excursion days listed below.
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Aim To the East, Aim To the West:
01 Freedom Print02 We’re Mosting Likely To Make It in a Male’s World03 Big Love04 Just a Dream05 The Light Nights06 Sleepwalking07 Child Huey (Hard Times) 08 Denon09 Pop Goes Pop10 Sugar Almond11 Aim To the East, Aim To the West
Camera Obscura:
05-02 Hebden Bridge, England – The Trades Club05-04 Leeds, England – Stylus05-06 Manchester, England – Academy 205-07 London, England – Koko05-09 Brighton, England – Concorde 205-10 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy 205-11 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom05-29 Philly, – Union Transfer05-30 Boston, MA – Heaven Rock Club05-31 Montreal, Quebec – Theater Fairmont06-01 Toronto, Ontario – The Performance Hall06-03 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall06-04 Minneapolis, MN – Penalty Line06-07 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile06-08 Rose city, OR – Transformation Hall06-10 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore06-11 Los Angeles, CA – The Minister Theater06-12 Phoenix Az, AZ – Crescent Ballroom06-14 Dallas, TX – Workshop at the Factory06-15 Austin, TX – Scoot Inn06-17 Atlanta, GA – Variety06-18 Carrboro, NC – Feline’s Cradle06-19 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club06-20 New York, NY – Webster Hall06-22 Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Indie Rocks!
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