The Summer Albums, Pt.2
I had been a fairweather fan of Camera Obscura going on a few years now, specifically of their song “Happy New Year,” and the beautifully simple album from which that song comes.
But I’ve been riding around this summer listening to My Maudlin Career and let me just say, it is perfect for classic summer activities such as, say, making your way through unfamiliar neighborhoods on the way to see a friend of a friend’s band play at a coffee shop on a warm, Georgia night.
Long story short, get this album to soundtrack your summer adventures.
Man, nobody does a love song like these guys, but give them strings and a horn section and look out!
One of the best tracks is the opener, “French Navy”: