For their upcoming album My Maudlin Career, Camera Obscura made the jump from Merge to 4AD and judging by the two songs they’ve released so far, not much has changed with the band’s lovely, moody sound. They have the same attention to detail, the same warm blanket of reverb, the same tender hooks and best of all, Tracyanne Campbell’s voice. The real change seems to be in the video budget. Most of their previous work has been sweet, simple and decidedly made on the cheap but now they have dough for stylists, make-up artists, hot young model types and plenty of fancy locales. Of course while, the YMT’s are traipsing around Europe, the band is stuck in a hotel room miming along so we shouldn’t be too jealous of them.

French Navy - Camera Obscura