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- Summary: The fifth album for the Scottish band was recorded in Portland, Oregon with producer Tucker Martine and features guest appearances from Neko Case and Jim James.
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- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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Positive: 22 out of 28
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Mixed: 6 out of 28
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Negative: 0 out of 28
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Jun 4, 2013Here it results in some of their best and most confident work to date.
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Jun 7, 2013Desire Lines is another gorgeously-crafted pop record from a band that make them look easy; melody, harmony and sophistication are all present in abundance.
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May 31, 2013More so than any other Camera Obscura record, Desire Lines taps into a girl group aesthetic--that is, lushly arranged songs about scorned lovers and keeping hope alive, always with a bit of advice thrown in, or at the very least a lesson learned.
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Q MagazineJun 17, 2013In upbeat pop mode, the quintet are impressive, but when slipping downtempo into ballads, Camera Obscura are in a league of their own. [Jul 2013, p.100]
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Sep 5, 2013Camera Obscura's done it again.
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Jun 18, 2013Desire Lines is undoubtedly a Camera Obscura album, but it might be their first that is more suited to quiet winter nights inside, rather than the sunny side of things that dominated their sound on their previous albums.
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Jun 6, 2013Yet even Campbell can’t save Desire Lines from coming off as creatively stagnant, just as pretty as ever but overwhelmingly pedestrian.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jun 5, 2013
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