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Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Public Service Broadcasting, She & Him, Belle and Sebastian and Lloyd Cole. Those roots explain a lot about how Camera Obscura arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Rocketship, Stars, Voxtrot and Mates of State, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Always and Alvvays, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Camera Obscura, reaching back through Public Service Broadcasting and forward to Always. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Camera Obscura are a Scottish indie pop band from Glasgow. The group formed in 1996, and have released six studio albums to date. Led by primary singer and songwriter Tracyanne Campbell, the band consists of guitarist/vocalist Kenny McKeeve, bassist Gavin Dunbar, and drummer Lee Thomson. Following the death of long-serving keyboardist Carey Lander, the band went on hiatus from 2015 to 2018. After reuniting in 2019 and adding Donna Maciocia as a permanent member, Camera Obscura released their first new album in 11 years, Look to the East, Look to the West, to critical acclaim.

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Camera ObscuraPublic Service Broad…She & HimBelle and SebastianLloyd ColeAlwaysAlvvaysThe Pains of Being P…RocketshipStarsVoxtrotMates of StateThe 6thsYo La TengoThe Vaselines

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Camera Obscura connections

Camera Obscura grew out of Public Service Broadcasting, She & Him, Belle and Sebastian and Lloyd Cole, shares an orbit with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Rocketship, Stars and Voxtrot, went on to shape Always and Alvvays. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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