Camera Obscura - French Navy

The first single from Camera Obscura’s new album, 'My Maudlin Career', is a brilliant piece of 60’s soul revival which drifts in like a welcome breeze and lifts you up. It’s the sort of song that makes you want to go driving in the sunshine – with the top down, if you’re lucky enough to be in the midst of a mid-life crisis and own a convertible. Whatever it may make you want to do, it will certainly make you happy while you’re doing it. ‘French Navy’’s b-side is an alt-country reworking of the Elvis track, ‘You’re the Only Star in my Blue Heaven’ (surely up there with some of the greatest song titles ever?) It’s a great version, which adds a haunting quality to a song which is usually a bit more swingin’, and acts as a great counterpoint to the more upbeat style of ‘French Navy’. Also included is a remix of the a-side by Jim Noir, which is interesting, but really just works to emphasise how good the original mix is.

Track Listing:-

1 French Navy
2 You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven
3 French Navy (Jim Noir Remix)

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Interviews

Interview (2006)

Camera Obscura are about to celebrate their 10th year as a band. With their new album 'Let's Get Out of This Country' now out, Jamie Rowland speaks to singer Tracyanne Campbell about it and the importance of the internet in their work

Live Reviews

Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 23/4/2009

Chris O' Toole watches Glaswegian pop-ensemble Camera Obscura play a a rewarding, but also strangely downbeat show at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London

Barrymore's, Ottawa, 30/1/2007