Back in November, Camera Obscura announced they’d be returning to Merge Records, who released 2006’s Let’s Get Out of This Country, and playing some shows in the UK and Mexico City in the spring. They’ve now announced their anticipated new album, Look to the East, Look to the West, due out May 3 via Merge. It’s their first since 2013’s Desire Lines, and they made it with Jari Haapalainen, who also produced Let’s Get Out of This Country and 2009’s My Maudlin Career. See the cover art and tracklist below.
The first single is “Big Love,” which gets a little country twang from Tim Davidson’s pedal steel. “‘Big Love’ is our tribute to Waylon Jennings, with a nod to Sandy Denny and prog rock band Scope,” Tracyanne Campbell says. “It’s a song about not looking back, having faith in the present and future.” Hear it below.
Camera Obscura have also announced a new run of North American tour dates, beginning in Philadelphia on May 29 and running through June. See all dates below. The NYC show is at Webster Hall on June 20. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, February 2 at 10 AM local.
CAMERA OBSCURA – LOOK TO THE EAST, LOOK TO THE WEST TRACKLIST
1. Liberty Print
2. We’re Going to Make It in a Man’s World
3. Big Love
4. Only a Dream
5. The Light Nights
6. Sleepwalking
7. Baby Huey (Hard Times)
8. Denon
9. Pop Goes Pop
10. Sugar Almond
11. Look to the East, Look to the West
CAMERA OBSCURA: 2024 TOUR DATES Thu. May 2 – Hebden Bridge, UK @ The Trades Club Sat. May 4 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus Mon. May 6 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 Tue. May 7 – London, UK @ Koko Thu. May 9 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 Fri. May 10 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy 2 Sat. May 11 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom Wed. May 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer Thu. May 30 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club Fri. May 31 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont Sat. Jun. 1 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall Mon. Jun. 3 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall Tue. Jun. 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Fri. Jun. 7 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Sat. Jun. 8 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall Mon. Jun. 10 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Tue. Jun. 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater Wed. Jun. 12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom Fri. Jun. 14 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at the Factory Sat. Jun. 15 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn Mon. Jun. 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Tue. Jun. 18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Wed. Jun. 19 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club Thu. Jun. 20 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall Sat. Jun. 22 – Mon. Jun. 24 – Mexico City, MX @ Foro Indie Rocks!