Obscure Sound — In Your Room is a new album from Italian musician Sebastian O. Streaming in full below, the album shows a caressing vein of acoustic-forward singer/songwriter, within a lush and melodically memorable aesthetic reminiscent of Camera Obscura. Opening t... more info

Guardian Music — After the death of their co-founder, Scottish band Camera Obscura can’t face re-forming, but singer Tracyanne Campbell is back – with help from Edwyn CollinsWhen the sumptuous, soul-warming sound of Tracyanne & Danny’s debut trac... more info

Stereogum — Throughout the whole of the 21st century, Camera Obscura have sated the world's appetite for bookish yet luxuriant Scottish indie-pop, ruling a lane left wide open when Belle & Sebastian went full jazz-hands. But the band has been inactive in recent ... more info

Obscure Sound — Playful synths and vintage pop guitars excitedly kick off “When You’re Mine”, the newest effort from Fascinations Grand Chorus, who previously impressed with their melodic and nostalgic pop sound on the excellent “Can’t Make Everyone Happy�... more info

Stereogum — Every Valley, the new LP from the London-based post-rockers Public Service Broadcasting, is a concept album about the rise and fall of a Welsh mining town. It's lush and ambitious and empathetic and gorgeous, and it features contributions from Camera... more info

Obscure Sound — “Cocoon” makes a strong impression in its mere two-minute span, showing the Los Angeles duo as manufacturers of soaring rock with very memorable vocals, in the vein of Jenny Lewis and Camera Obscura. “Cocoon” is the first single from their ne... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — First-time feature director Aaron B. Koontz’s sci-fi splatter picture “Camera Obscura” has a premise so deliciously wicked that it’s a shame the movie smothers it in “relevance.” What should be a lean, mean genre... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Napoleon IIIrd - The ScrapeA quick primer, as there's always latecomers - Napoleon IIIrd is James Mabbett and both of his previous albums made number four in their respective years' STN end of year lists. The Great Lake, out 19th May, comes m... more info

Obscure Sound — Off the second EP from Brooklyn-based duo Fascinations Grand Chorus, “Can’t Make Everyone Happy” is a stunning success that rides on soaring vocals reflecting both contemporary indie-pop and vintage girl-group allure — in that sense reminisce... more info

Obscure Sound — Pale Mara are a Brooklyn-based duo, whose excellent new track “Where I Get My Way” comes via their upcoming EP Votive, a 5-song compilation recorded on a reel-to-reel tape machine. With pop sensibilities and slight western-y twang, their stylisti... more info