Artist
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura is an indie artist from Glasgow, Scotland formed in 1996. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Glasgow, Scotland · Best indie albums
- 23
- Releases
- 2001–2024
- Active years
- 1996
- Formed
Artist
Camera Obscura is an indie artist from Glasgow, Scotland formed in 1996. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Glasgow, Scotland · Best indie albums
Most popular
My Maudlin Career
2009
French Navy
Single · 2009
The Nights Are Cold
Single · 2010
Let's Get Out of This Country
Single · 2006
Look to the Demos
EP · 2024
Making Money
Single · 2022
Keep It Clean (Special Reissue)
Single · 2017
Teenager (Special Reissue)
Single · 2017
4AD Session
EP · 2014
The Blizzard
Single · 2009
The Sweetest Thing
Single · 2009
If Looks Could Kill
Single · 2007
Tears For Affairs
Single · 2007
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Single · 2006
I Love My Jean
Single · 2005
Keep It Clean
Single · 2004
Teenager
Single · 2003
Eighties Fan
Single · 2001
Camera Obscura were formed in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson, and Gavin Dunbar. Several other members performed with the band before David Skirving joined as a permanent guitarist. The band's first releases were the singles "Park and Ride" and "Your Sound" in 1998. The band's line-up changed in 2000 and 2001 when Lee Thompson joined as its permanent drummer, Lindsay Boyd joined as a keyboard player, and Skirving left and was replaced by Kenny McKeeve. Camera Obscura's first album, Biggest Bluest Hi Fi, was released in 2001. The album was produced by Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian and was supported by John Peel. The first single from the album, "Eighties Fan", came in at number eight in the Festive Fifty in 2001, and charted in several independent music charts. Nigel Baillie joined the band as a trumpeter and percussionist in 2002 and Carey Lander replaced Boyd. In the summer of 2002, Peel asked the band to do their first Peel session. The band's second album, Underachievers Please Try Harder, was released in 2003 and was followed by Camera Obscura's first full tour of Britain and Ireland and the band's first tour of the United States. Founding member John Henderson…
