Camera Obscura
Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Merge
2002
Rating: 8 DaVinci inventions out of 10
After the success of the first proper US release by Camera Obscura, “Underachievers Please Try Harder”, Merge Records decided to re-release the first album here in the states; and thankfully so, as this release was otherwise somewhat tough to come by. The comparisons to Belle & Sebastian come hard and fast when reading about this band, and it’s not without reason – they’re from the same town, Stuart Murdoch produced some of the tracks on this album, and he even played guitar on one of the songs – and most importantly, they sound a whole damn lot alike. Somehow it never comes across as a rip-off though, and more as an “influenced by”. And to be quite honest, lately I’ve preferred Camera Obscura to their mentors anyway. Fans of wistful twee-pop are in for a real treat if they didn’t hear this album the first time around…highly recommended.
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