Camden
Seems like this race has been run and I’m just vernturing forth to the starting line but not to worry, it’s not about reaching the finish line first [I hope]. In fact it’s not even about the delivery, it’s just about the tune. Sometimes I forget that I guess. This new one from The Smiths Camden is an easy affair consisting of lazy Saturday guitar brushes and lax bass rolls. Technical terms the lot of those. You’ll hear more of the Morrissey reference if you’d delve into the Camden back cat (at your leisure) which, while not an unpleasant experience, is a little too derivative for my liking. Still, to sate your curiosity, you’ll find a less recent tune below though has more than a little in common with The Kooks’ Frankie’s Gun. Shouts to Hugh for being across this over eleven years ago. On drums you’ll hear the same man who sits behind the skins for Food Court whilst the rest of the band have performed in various other Sydney incarnations. If the songwriting continues to improve then I see no reason why Camden couldn’t swell ever larger as a known outfit. Let it be so.