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Camera Obscura: Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken

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by Rachel Cawley

Tracy-Anne, refined, coy and demure, with a willowy gait and a bittersweet disposition, seemed to be swayed in step by the sheer difficulties of the world around her; as if everything was laid out to sadden her thoughts and erode her plans. Swept away by her mildness of spirit, she allowed those around her to change the direction of the winds that blew her sails. The real trouble, indeed, of Tracy-Anne’s situation was a lack of authority in her nature, and a disposition to think too little of herself; thus she allowed what happened to happen, never disrupting the path of others. Lloyd was a man of decent reputation; a regular income, a suitable age, a charming manner. Tracy-Anne, was always somewhat intimidated by his presence. Her cheeks started to blush if in her direction, he glanced. Overcome by the present situation, speaking with a spinning mind she would exclaim, "Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken / I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment."

You see, for Tracy-Anne to take a stand, to make a decision or to move out of a Jane Austen or Bunty magazine fantasy, would be breaking all the rules of Glaswegian indie-pop, where girls swoon and boys worry. Yet, there is a distinct and definite charm to this ditty, achingly poised, richly orchestrated. It remains a shame that the more gorgeous and rich Camera Obscura become, the more that they will be compared to that band (yes, it has been said many a time, initials bee and ess). The real redemption: there is more windswept beauty in this one single than present in all of The Life Pursuit.

  • Camera Obscura 8 / 10

very good review

GREAT single !


agreed

pop perfection.


Yes it is a pretty good single

but why have a dig at B&S? Are you one of those people bemoaning the fact that The Life Pursuit doesn't sound like Sinister?


uhm, it's not really a dig at B&S is it

more a dig at people not willing to see past the comparison.

Great single, and another rather excellent review Miss C colon-close-bracket.


If the last line 'aint a dig

then I don't know what is....but whatever...lives too short etc...


This is a dig:

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/030706/belle-and-sebastian.gif

Stating that CO are better than B&S is not necessarily. Camera Obscura are very good you see...


are they very good though

or have they at last brought out a single that is very good? I have not got any Camera Obscura stuff mainly because after hearing some of their early stuff (after reading B&S comparisons) I did not think it was up to much really. Likewise listening to the singles posted on their MySpace site it is only really the latest one that I would describe as 'very good'. So therefore to summarise one very good single does not a better band than B&S make. But then I suppose it is of course a matter of opinion and of course I can see why people do not like B&S but then I can't really how it would be humanly possible to like Camera Obscura and dislike B&S (likewise Decemberists, My Latest Novel etc.) Anyway I like the single but I also love B&S.


ummm... you read into it all too much

as a whole back catalogue, I prefer B+S. And my favourite belle and seb record is fold your hands.... which no-one else seems to love.

Camera Obscura sound great here, and I prefer this specific song to Life Pursuit. Simple as.


nice wording!

<i>where girls swoon and boys worry</i>

says it all ...





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