Camera Obscura - Break It To You Gently (4AD Session)

'Break It To You Gently', taken from Camera Obscura's 4AD Session.

The five-track session was filmed in the band's hometown of Glasgow, at the Tron Theatre, whose 16th century clock tower is one of the city's most recognisable landmarks.

Directed by seasoned 4AD Session collaborators Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the pair knew exactly how best to present cuts from the act's most recent album, 'Desire Lines', released earlier this year -

"The idea behind the session was pure and simple - Camera Obscura are a perfect band, they record their songs all playing live together and there's a beautiful, unblemished chemistry in that unity."

Shot as the band were about to head off on a US tour, Tracyanne was heavily pregnant at the time, with her bump growing over the shoot as the baby re-positioned. For the session Iain and Jane made a large backdrop of the silvery tree-scape from the album cover and then set the band in front.

Director: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
Director of Photography: Chloë Thomson
Camera Assistant: Donald MacSween
Production Assistant: Alison Piper
Recording: Kenny MacLeod
Mixing: Paul Savage
Backline: Jim Brady
Make-up: Kimberley Dewer
Stylist: Alexandra Fiddes

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[mxUrixzUl]

Rest In Peace Carey, you're a warrior fallen in the fight against the cancer. I salute you!

[rev]

The sound quality on these 4AD sessions is exquisite.

[nickthepostpunk]

Love this song: it might be a song from 2013 but it somehow transports me back to the early 80s. Beautiful and evocative.

[jamiesmith]

Best female voice I’ve heard in years!! And the lyrics are exceptional!

[hectorrios]

Hace como una semana, que he escuchado a esta banda, ni idea de la existencia de ellos, súper buena, tienen una tenencia de los ochenta, me gusta mucho la voz de la chica, hace una mezcla de voz que no es fáciles de hacerla, un abrazo a uds

[MegaMajestics]

RIP Carey my heart goes out to family and friends

[PensionersinPortugal]

This is 'out there amazing'. Beautiful !

[iwillnevergetone]

everything about this session is perfect

[gasbbi]

just discovered this amazing band. im in love

[javierg.hildebrandt]

My dear Carey sounds so perfect in this song

[eleazarzl]

Recordando su música.. Carey y su grupo

[Ilikeitlikethis]

There's a point in actually listening in music post-90s.... ! Thank you Traceyanne and co, . Please make more music, otherwise I will be stuck in 1998.

[teawanga]

Wow what a cool tune, first track I ever heard from this band, cool cool cool

[MrDrMessick]

Waiting for them to make it to LA, love to see them perform live. 

[linoazzurro]

I Love her singing.  it is intoxicating to listen to.

[jazadal]

Favourite song. Best indie group around today. 

[ChrisMatinet]

awesome...I smiled when I started to listen to this....missed you Tracyanne

[helixdork]

The best band out there, beautiful music

[jeffbr]

Wonderful! For me, it was love at first sight.

[billcobaugh]

reminds me of 10, 000 Maniacs (In My Tribe era)