Camera Obscura: Honey In the Sun

Weekend Music

Rob G has recommended this band to me several times, but I hadn't followed up on the rec till a week or so ago, when the state PBS network featured them on a weekly live music series, from a gig in Birmingham (Alabama). I was immediately taken with them–not only with the music, but with the way they perform and the way they look. I tend to hate watching rock bands. I can't stand the contrived theatrics, the posturing, etc. I'm repulsed by the typical Super Bowl half-time show, for instance. And don't even get me started on the Madonna-type "divas," with their stripper costumes and gyrations, cold-hearted sexuality, and  soulless music. Lo and behold, here is a woman fronting a band, wearing a simple dress, and just standing there and singing, letting the music speak for itself. And it does. I should warn you that the chorus of this song is very likely to get stuck in your head.

 


7 responses to “Camera Obscura: Honey In the Sun”

  1. I’m liking it more each time I play it, but my heart is still somewhat lukewarm, if not cold. That may change.

  2. Mine is quite warm.

  3. grumphy on the Brompton road

    Yes, mine is very warm now

  4. Yeah, love that tune. Great horn arrangement!

  5. I think the melody in the chorus is really similar to the melody of this song’s chorus…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPgJp1FTAUc
    Y’know the more I think of it, these bands actually have quite a bit in common.

  6. Yes indeed, so similar that when the CO song was playing in my head, it kept turning into the Hem song. And the voices are very similar, too. Though it seemed to me that the CO singer sounds more like the Hem singer (can’t remember their names right now) on this song than on some others. Hem in general is a quieter and more subdued band.

  7. At least on the basis of what I’ve heard, that is. I’ve only heard the one Hem album and an EP, and a few songs by CO.

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