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In Camera

Arthur & Yu, Arthur & Yu | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (27 Aug 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Memphis Industries
  • ASIN: B000RV0RJG
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,462 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Absurd Heroes Manfestos
2. Come to View (Song for Neil Young)
3. There Are Too Many Birds
4. Afterglow
5. Flashing the Lobby Lights
6. Lion's Mouth
7. 1000 Words
8. Ghost of Old Bull Lee
9. Half Years
10. Black Bear

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BBC Review

Some things you need to know: Arthur & Yu is the union of Seattle musicians Grant Olsen and Sonya Westcott. Their debut, In Camera, is an album that 'grapples with the idea of growing up and letting go'. It has a musical obsession with the first Velvet Underground record, the work of Lee Hazlewood and the occasional high-period Phil Spector wig-out. Backed with a core of players, it is a small, intimate, almost entirely acoustic work that sounds like it's been unearthed from 1967.

"Lion's Mouth" is the zenith of all this; a nagging, insistent riff with heartfelt vocals and dreamy acoustics. Olsen's vocals possess the right balance of melody and world-weariness and his lyrics are full of potent vignettes - 'my fingers and your buttons are like kissing cousins', 'a restless heart is going to burst before it's dead'. Westcott's harmonies and occasional lead (on the beautifully pastoral 'There Are Too Many Birds') evoke a sort of western Prefab Sprout. 'Absurd Heroes Manifesto' is achingly delicate, while 'The Ghost Of Bull Lee' has a wild-west feel complete with catchy-as-fire chorus.

It all gets a little too painstaking in its detail at times, but over all, In Camera can be seen as something of a minor triumph, a perfect complement to the eventual, late-flowering summer. I bet they'll be a delight live. --Daryl Easlea

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Stuff 25 Sep 2007
By redcol1975
Format:Audio CD
Velvet Underground comparisons will be inevitable for this album.For me, that's a very good thing. It has a vibe of VU's more mellow moments with lovely male/female vocal harmonies set over jangling guitar riffs and slightly angular rhythms. It is one of those albums that certainly takes its' inspiration from the past but manages to sound very of this moment as well. Something a bit different!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty As A Picture (7/10) 20 May 2009
By Gannon TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
As childhood nicknames go, `Arthur' and `Yu' are pretty cool, an ethos that evidently stuck through to record-producing adulthood. They flirt with twee harmonies but immerse them with lashings of reverb and 60s folk-pop sensibilities to create an effortless and dreamy collection. Arthur's echo-y drawl and occasional whistle bring Peter, Björn and John to mind, if they were anything but one trick ponies. This sound however is decidedly less showy, but no less pretty.

Nodding album highlight `Afterglow', like most, is an understated display in druggy acoustics and electric jangles, which firmly imprints the Velvet Underground as an influence. Equally familiar is `Ghost Of Old Bull Lee', which featured on the best of 2007 Rough Trade album, a sure sign of its pedigree. `1000 Words' is a lesser number, but does feature a credible James Walsh impersonation. Make of that what you will. `Come To View (Song For Neil Young)' does what it says on the tin.

In Camera has that proper indie feel about it missing in so many records, albeit heavily diluted with pop. They've taken risks and pulled them off, and the result is near picture perfect.
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4.0 out of 5 stars VU for the noughties? 26 Sep 2007
By redcol1975
Format:Audio CD
Velvet Underground comparisons will be inevitable for this album.For me, that's a very good thing. It has a vibe of VU's more mellow moments with lovely male/female vocal harmonies set over jangling guitar riffs and slightly angular rhythms. It is one of those albums that certainly takes its' inspiration from the past but manages to sound very of this moment as well. Something a bit different!
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