I Love My Jean, by Camera Obscura (7" on Elefant)

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Rating: unmoved This record left our Clint feeling unmoved.

Camera Obscura are another band I seem to be in a camp of one about. I understand the point in Belle & Sebastian but these are often like a wet dish cloth doing a Belle & Sebastian impersonation. Again its probably great but just doesn't float my boat so I'll keep my opinions out of it ("hooray" - everyone else in the world) Its twee winsome tartan lady fronted pop music. I'm sure you could bring them home to meet your mother without there being an 'incident'. 3 track CD and 7" (same tracks) on Elefant.

What the label says:

Three new, excellent songs by the Glaswegians, honouring this time the work of poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), considered to be Scotland´s national poet. Tracyanne Campbell has put to music with her musical flair two of Burns‚ poems ("I love my Jean" and "A red, red rose"), and has completed the tracklist with a jangly, country-ish, melancholy-tinged song of her own, "Marathon not a sprint". The three songs share though the quintessential CAMERA OBSCURA sound, with Tracyanne´s beautiful voice unveiling the melodies over a background formed by pianos and acoustic guitars, an example of timeless, classic beauty.

The single is also a posthumous tribute to BBC DJ John Peel, who helped and befriended the band since their first single.