Camera Obscura News
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Having completed two round-the-world trips in the early months of this year, we are now pleased to present our upcoming schedule for Spring and Summer.
We are really happy that we will finally be making it over to Brazil for the first time. Thank you to the people who’ve waited patiently and impatiently for a long time to see us, we are really looking forward to being there.
Following this will be some US shows, including appearances at Coachella and Sasquatch festivals. Please note, our support for the West Coast tour will be Californian band Princeton, with the exception of the San Francisco shows where we will play with Best Coast at the GAMH and the mighty Yo La Tengo at the Fillmore. I encourage you to be swots and go and check out their music. The April tour will also see us return to Mexico for two shows, a definite favourite place to play (and eat).
Having consistently missed their shows because of our own tours, I am also really looking forward to getting to see Midlake and Grizzly Bear, who we are playing on an amazing bill with in Cork in June. We’re also honoured to playing our first All Tomorrow’s Parties with Pavement adding us to their curated bill. We don’t know exact day we’re playing yet but it’s in Minehead (UK) the weekend of the 14th-16th May.
Finally, I want to tell you about a special release we have put together as a kind of tribute to Richard Hawley, who has been one of my favourite artists for years. It will be released as a two track 7” featuring our version of his gorgeous song The Nights Are Cold≠ accompanied by Richard’s remix of our own songThe Sweetest Thing.
I think the first time I heard of Richard Hawley was when our album Biggest Bluest Hifi came second to his as “best album of the year” in some Spanish awards thing. I borrowed the album, Late Night Final, from Kenny and listened hoping it would be rubbish so I could dismiss it and proclaim dramatically that we‚d been robbed. Unfortunately, it was the record to have most excited me on a first listen ever. It went straight on repeat, I wrote him an email of gushing admiration and phoned Tracyanne to tell her I’d heard something amazing and would bring it round to her house as soon as possible.
Tackling a song from a record we love so much was quite daunting but I hope you like our version and enjoy the coupling with his Sheffield-created remix.
Finally, as Easter is nearly here, thanks to Bek and Graeme for turning myself and Tracyanne into decorative eggs.
Thanks, Carey.
graeme
said:
29 March 10
you are neglecting us gang…………………….whens the 7” out carey?ta
Camera Obscura
said:
29 March 10
I don’t know actually. ha.
Gonzalo
said:
29 March 10
Hey, aren’t you coming to Argentina?
We’ve been waiting for ages!!!
Catarina
said:
30 March 10
I’m soooooo glad!!!!
I’m waiting impatietly for you.It’s a dream becoming true.
I love you so much!
xoxo
4AD
said:
30 March 10
May 17th from all good stockists!
graeme
said:
30 March 10
sweet…and thanks….is there a chance of a 12” with maybe the ocean tagged on??
rafs
said:
2 April 10
please, come to rio de janeirooo!!!
Clay
said:
4 April 10
Carey & Traceyanne, On your drive up from Richmond, VA to NYC, in June please don’t forgot those gift cards for free drinks for all of the band at the lovely Busboys & Poets Bar/Cafe/Bookshop/Performance Space on 14th St., N.W. (at “V” St.) in Washjngton, D.C. (I know Carey said she’d tuck it safely away until you’re back in D.C. again. The food there is very good, too; so have a meal with your drinks! You’ve been halfway ‘round the world since November. I wish you could do an in-studio concert at the XM/Sirius satellite radio studios (also in D.C.) You’ll find it all easily with the GPS gadget you must have on board your hotel on wheels. I painted a watercolour easter egg from the painting on “My Mauldlin Career” yesterday afternoon. I’ve never painted an easter egg for my favourite band before. So, I pretended egg dyes are (kind of) like watercolours, and eggshells are (kind of) like wee, curved, oval 3-dimensional canvas’ without the frame, or the wire, or any way to display it on a wall. Have a good, brief tour of the states again, mostly midwest, southwest and west, and thanks for doing a show in New York.
Lucas Küster
said:
10 April 10
I’m a big fan, but I’m disappointed. As a brazilian, my dream was to have you all here in my city, Curitiba. I’d go Sao Paulo to the concert, but I’m working, so I’m unable to do so.
It seems like the end of the tunnel is going Europe in a mid-term future, which is more than possible.
Tour more in South America! I’m sure you’d like it.
Anyway, keep up the good work and enjoy touring.
Cheers from Brazil.
Kenneth Joyce
said:
13 April 10
Hi, Just wanted to let you all know I caught your show in Lawrence, Kansas.. and I loved it! It’s been a week now and I’m still on an “Obscura high”. I hope to see/hear you again someday.
take care,
Ken
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