Friday, January 29, 2010

Camera Obscura @ the Corner, Saturday 23 January

A pretty sweet show, drawing almost entirely (possibly actually entirely) on Let's Get Out Of This Country and My Maudlin Career. It was endearingly obvious that singer Tracyanne Campbell in particular isn't an entirely comfortable live performer, with the songs and her singing tending to lilt and swing less than on record, and many of the high notes not even attempted, but the heart and the sparkle in the songs came through, and Camera Obscura have been a large part of the soundtrack to my last couple of years so the familiarity factor was high, too.

Support act was a charming UK two piece called Slow Club. I can't remember exactly what they sounded like, but I think it was a bit Talulah Gosh (garage-y/twee) with some folk-y elements - a lot of fun, anyway.

(w/ M)