Thank you, Camera Obscura, for giving me “If Looks Could Kill.” I haven’t heard such a blissfully perfect pop song since… I don’t even remember. But it’s been my most played song since giving Let’s Get Out of This Country a shot. Sometimes, I like to pretend I’m a man above being charmed by twee female vocalists, but when Tracyanne Campbell’s reflective, reverbed vocals reach peak sunshine during the chorus, it is to me what evangelists must hear with church bells.
Consider me converted. Even without one of the best pop songs of its decade, Let’s Get Out of this Country is some top-dollar twee pop. All the more a compliment when most artists in the genre not named Belle and Sebastian have trouble delivering quality-consistent albums. Oh… “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” is pretty good, too…










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