i'm not saying i'm free from blame

I have never heard such unbearably melancholic and intimate lyrics sung by a voice so sweet and direct that it adds a new dimension of laidback intimacy to the whole issue at hand.

Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura does just that, with her wry soprano and tender songwriting layered over the sextet's restrained and gentle playing. Perhaps it is again the quirky beauty in combined incongruity, the whole when opposites attract wonder. But whatever it is, the combination of music, lyrics, melodies, and vocals work in a fresh and interesting way for a topic that is so often carelessly tripped over by mainstream music.

It's a spring like romance. Warm reminiscience. Mellow wistfulness. You might not find heartbreak as enchanting as this anywhere else.

CAMERA OBSCURA - I NEED ALL THE FRIENDS I CAN GET

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