Tracyanne & Danny
Tracyanne & DannyMerge
2018
Rating: 8 focused camels out of 10
I truly can’t imagine anyone having anything bad to say
about this Tracyanne & Danny record…it’s the musical equivalent of purring
cat in your lap on a cozy Sunday afternoon.
Tracyanne is the golden-voiced Tracyanne Campbell of twee pop
superstars Camera Obscura, a group whose future has been in limbo since the
tragic death of keyboardist Carey Lander – wherein we must note, as if it needs
to be said, fuck cancer. I’ve been a
Camera Obscura fan since they came on the scene in the early 2000s, and I would
probably buy a record of Tracyanne singing CSPAN transcripts, so my love of
this was pretty close to certain. The
only wildcard was the other half of the duo, Danny Coughlan of Crybaby, a band/performer
I knew not a single damn thing about. Tracyanne
still dominates the vocals (or at least it feels that way), but Danny adds a
nice counter-balance with his deep, smooth tones; he also knows his range, and
doesn’t try to do too much thinking he can musically keep up with her. Honestly, this isn’t terribly different from the
sixties twee vibes of Camera Obscura in
their later years…just with more male vocals really. If you’re a sensitive person at all, good
luck not tearing up a little bit listening to the country-tinged “Alabama,”
their tribute to Lander…I’m not even a lyric person usually, but this one
really hits me right in the feels.
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