Camera Obscura has produced consistently quality music over the past decade through all four albums, including My Maudlin Career. Their latest is different than the other three albums and this record is a lot happier. The lead singer, Tracyanne Campbell, sings of a troubled period of time in her life: the ending of relationships and love affairs and the commencing of new ones. In this album, she attempts to reiterate her feelings through lyrics. 
In the song “French Navyâ€, two individuals stumble across one another in a dusty library by fate. Unlike many of Campbell’s other songs, this cut is about the first encounters of two lovers instead of the bitter ending of a relationship. With a hopeful outlook on the relationship, she is let down in the end by a break up. “James†is a grief-stricken song about a love affair that didn’t work out as planned, causing an altercation between the two involved and leading to a falling out. The track is melancholic with genuine feeling that strikes a cord with anyone who has felt the aftereffects of a broken relationship.
My Maudlin Career is one of their most nostalgic to date. Camera Obscura is able to play with ease when it comes to the masked sadness that surrounds the feeling of love.
My Maudlin Career is available on April 21, 2009.
Tracklisting:
01. French Navy
02. The Sweetest Thing
03. You Told A Lie
04. Away With Murder
05. Swans
06. James
07. Careless Love
08. My Maudlin Career
09. Forests and Sands
10. Other Towns and Cities
11. Honey in the Sun
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