Listened: Wednesday October 6
My Maudlin Career was the first Camera Obscura album I acquired. I’ve since acquired others.
My Maudlin Career like ear crack. I sing songs like French Navy, Away With Murder, Swans, and James to myself for hours afterward. I’ve never been a big fan of breathy female vocals, but Camera Obscura do it so expertly I can’t help but love it. The sixties-inspired instrumentation with Belle & Sebastian style strings tie it all up with a big bow.
I subsequently downloaded their other albums when Amazon went crazy and had them all on sale for $5!
Emily's Albums A to Z 
[…] I first heard Underachievers Please Try Harder I wasn’t sure I liked it as much as My Maudlin Career; at first it seemed much more low-key and mellow, almost […]