
A Brief History of «Camera Obscura».
Camera Obscura started in 1996. Tracyanne, John and Gavin started playing together in Gavin's parent's cellar with no drummer. They were soon joined by a guitarist called David Skirving. They recorded the «Park and Ride» and «Your Sound» singles for Andmoresound in Glasgow and mini album «Rare UK Bird» for Quattro in Japan.
Richard Colburn took on drum duties live with the band and played on the «Your Sound» single until Lee joined the band in 2000.
During 2000 they recorded their debut album, «Biggest Bluest Hi Fi» in Cava studios.
These records were released in the UK in 2001 and received airplay from John Peel and The Evening Session on Radio 1. «Biggest Bluest Hi Fi» was 'Album of the week' on XFM and in the Rough Trade shop. It went on to become Prime Distribution's best selling independent album. «Biggest Bluest Hi Fi» was also released in Spain (Elefant Records), Japan (Quattro) and Australia (Gifted).
2003 saw Camera Obscura preparing for the release of the new album, «Underachievers Please Try Harder» and single, «Teenager» with a couple of Glasgow shows.
The band also played at Spain’s Benicassim Festival in 2003. The album was released by Elefant Records after the band left Andmoresound.
2004 was a very eventful year for the band. They were invited to play live on Radio 1 from John Peel's house. For this they were asked to put music to the words of Scotland's National Poet, Robert (Rabbie) Burns. The band came up with five songs.
In 2005, work on the next record continued. The band released «I Love My Jean» as a tribute to John Peel.
In May of 2006 «Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken» is the first single to be taken from the band's new album, «Let's get out of this country». Recorded and mixed in several studios in Sweden.
The Band :
Tracyanne Campbell - guitar and vocals;
Carey Lander - piano, organ and vocals;
Kenny McKeeve - guitar, mandolin, harmonica and vocals;
Gavin...