Beloved Glaswegian five-piece Camera Obscura have announced that support on their upcoming UK Tour, their first in over a decade, will come from Liz Lawrence. Camera Obscura have also announced a second in store performance at Rough Trade East on May 3rd (tickets), the day they release their hugely anticipated new album Look to the East, Look To The West on their new label Merge Records. The band’s previously announced evening performance is now sold out, as are the tour dates in London, Glasgow and Hebden Bridge:
CAMERA OBSCURA UK TOUR, MAY 2024
May 2 Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club SOLD OUT
May 3 London, Rough Trade East, 4pm Live Performance NEW
May 3 London, Rough Trade East, 7pm Live Performance & Signing SOLD OUT
May 4 Leeds, Stylus
May 6 Manchester, Academy 2
May 7 London, KOKO SOLD OUT
May 9 Brighton, Concorde 2
May 10 Birmingham, O2 Academy2
May 11 Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
Liz Lawrence will support on all dates except May 3
Liz Lawrence is a British artist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Previously one half of pop duo Cash + David, she is currently gearing up for the release of her next album, produced & mixed by Ali Chant (Yard Act, Perfume Genius).
Camera Obscura will also play Belle & Sebastian’s The Glasgow Weekender (August 2nd & 3rd) and End Of The Road Festival (Aug 29th - Sept 1st) this summer.
For Look to the East, Look To The West, Camera Obscura have reunited with Jari Haapalainen, who produced their 2006 album Let’s Get Out of This Country and 2009’s My Maudlin Career, and have crafted an album that simultaneously recalls why longtime fans have ferociously loved them for decades while also being their most sophisticated effort to date.
Released last month, lead single “Big Love” sees Camera Obscura “back in fine form’ (New York Times) with “a warm blanket of Nashville pedal steel and twinkling electric piano” (The New Cue) with “Tracyanne Campbell’s vocals as enchanting as ever" (Stereogum). A Nashville Sound heartbreaker, the track occupies the space between country rock and prog, a pining break-up anthem featuring the soaring pedal steel of Tim Davidson.
Look to the East, Look to the West was the most hard-fought album of Camera Obscura’s career. Following the 2015 passing of founding keyboardist and friend Carey Lander, the band went into an extended hiatus. They remained in contact, but their status was uncertain until they announced their return, having been invited to perform as part of Belle & Sebastian’s 2019 Boaty Weekender cruise festival, along with a pair of sold-out warm-up shows in Glasgow. Donna Maciocia (keys and vocals) joined founding members Kenny McKeeve (guitar and vocals), Gavin Dunbar (bass), and Lee Thomson (drums and percussion) for those shows and has since become a regular songwriting partner of Campbell’s.
CAMERA OBSCURA - US & MEXICO TOUR DATES
US Dates:
May 29 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
May 30 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
May 31 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont
June 1 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
June 3 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
June 4 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
June 7 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
June 8 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
June 10 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
June 11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
June 12 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
June 14 Dallas, TX @ Studio at the Factory
June 15 Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
June 17 Atlanta, GA @ Variety
June 18 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
June 19 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
June 20 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
June 22 Mexico City, Foro Indie Rocks! SOLD OUT
June 23 Mexico City, Foro Indie Rocks! SOLD OUT
June 24 Mexico City, Foro Indie Rocks!
* LA venue change due to demand
Look to the East, Look to the West Tracklist:
1. Liberty Print
2. We're Going to Make It in a Man's World
3. Big Love
4. Only a Dream
5. The Light Nights
6. Sleepwalking
7. Baby Huey (Hard Times)
8. Denon
9. Pop Goes Pop
10. Sugar Almond
11. Look to the East, Look to the West
Pre-order here: https://lnk.to/LookToTheEast
Camera Obscura "Big Love" (Official Music Video)
