Camera Obscura (band)

Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura performing in 2005
Background information
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	Indie pop
Years active	1996–2015 2018–present
Labels	4AD Andmoresound Elefant Merge
Members	Tracyanne Campbell Gavin Dunbar Kenny McKeeve Lee Thomson Donna Maciocia
Past members	Carey Lander John Henderson Richard Colburn David Skirving Lindsay Boyd Nigel Baillie
Website	camera-obscura.net

Camera Obscura are a Scottish indie pop band from Glasgow. The group formed in 1996, and have released six studio albums to date. Led by primary singer and songwriter Tracyanne Campbell, the band consists of guitarist/vocalist Kenny McKeeve, bassist Gavin Dunbar, and drummer Lee Thomson. Following the death of long-serving keyboardist Carey Lander, the band went on hiatus from 2015 to 2018. After reuniting in 2019 and adding Donna Maciocia as a permanent member, Camera Obscura released their first new album in 11 years, Look to the East, Look to the West, to critical acclaim.^[1]

The band's music has been frequently described as "twee pop", and garnered comparisons to fellow Scottish band Belle and Sebastian.^[2][3] The band have also been praised for their "honest, wide, and adult approach to heartbreak, romantic liaisons, and escapism".^[4]