Camera Obscura - To Change The Shape Of An Envelope [Opaque White Vinyl] (New Vinyl LP)

By the late 90s the independent music scene in San Diego, CA had become synonymous with noisy, post-hardcore bands that were pushing the boundaries of what it meant to be punk. Camera Obscura cut their teeth on the angular and abrasive sounds of Antioch Arrow, Clickatat Ikatowi, and Heroin, and incorporated synths and electronics to create their own dark, jarring, experimental rock sound. ‘To Change the Shape of an Envelope’, released in 2000 on Troubleman Unlimited, was their only LP. The album runs the gamut sonically with dark, high energy songs like “Twenty-Five Diamonds” and “Sarasota”, the early industrial sounds of “Something About a Nightmare”, and the shoegaze influenced “Cinematheque”.

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A1        Trigger System
A2        Cinematheque
A3        Theory On Sex As An Art Form
A4        Sarasota
B1        Twenty-Five Diamonds
B2        Aeronautical
B3        Sound
B4        Something About A Nightmare