Word: obscura
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...Camera Obscura...
Camera Obscura’s sound and style seem plucked right from Tigermilk-era Belle & Sebastian, blended with the seminal acoustic indie-pop aesthetic identified with NME’s C-86 compilation and the Sarah 100. Informing the 60s sound and its topical fixation on childish love, Camera Obscura sing slyly ironic lyrics that show abounding self-deprecation. The chorus of lilting opener “Suspended From Class” demonstrates this compromise between form and content best: “I should be suspended from my class,” ethereal lead singer Tracy-Anne Campbell sings...
...Abelardo Morell’s 1994 photograph “Camera Obscura Image of the Empire State Building in Bedroom,” midtown Manhattan hangs upside down. The building of focus perches like a sleeping bat, suspended from the ceiling; its spire rests on a cot’s downy comforter. The sun glints off an upper-story window. A full-length mirror on the door of the room wraps the building as if around a corner, lending it a three-dimensional feel. The wall behind the bed reveals the clouds and the orb of the sun pushing through...