Apr 6

Camera Obscura Gives A Shout Out To Toronto

Written By Wade, Albums,Everything ,Comments (8)


Camera Obsucras’ new album, My Maudlin Career is set to be released April 20th on 4AD. Track #9, Forest And Sands, has a shout out to Toronto:

/But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze/
/Like a river in Toronto…/

This all forces the question; there’s a river in Toronto? Tracyanne must be singing about the Don River I guess? If anybody can figure out what she sings after the word Toronto, bonus points. Camera Obscura will be playing some Canadian dates this summer.

June 26th – Montreal, QUE La Tulipe
June 27th – Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace

And in case you were wondering, the word Maudlin is an adjective meaning: Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying. Would you expect anything else from Camera Obscura?

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  • http://www.panicmanual.com/author/vik/ Vik

    aha! i thought i heard the same. thanks for verifying my suspicions wade.

  • Katrina

    Hey now – it could be the Humber. Also, a great Toronto river. People actually, like, use it as a river. For canoeing and such.

  • http://www.yahoo.com TorontoReppinHard

    The Don River maybe? That is a mere 4 city blocks east of Young Street? Heh, you suburban tourists are so pathetic.

  • http://ikdk.blogspot.com/ Josh
  • fuzz

    I hope I’ve got it right.. Some lines are a bit hard to figure out.. TracyAnne paying tribute to Liz Fraser on Camera’s 4AD debut, perhaps?

    Forest and Sands:
    I’m in a van,
    And you’re holding my hand
    And you were travelling with me through forest and sands

    I’ve been ever so needy learning your language
    And you’ve been taking full advantage, haven’t you?
    Oh, don’t say it’s true

    I’ve been so afraid,
    I’m a sadness again
    And we kissed once, even that was the last

    I know I need more than given
    Moments and sentimental stories
    Words only spoken seemingly
    That I’m warming your heart that way

    Oh, it feels like none of this is real
    I’ll pretend that my heart and my head are well
    But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
    Like a river in Toronto,
    Then I’d bleed please,
    You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

    Oh, it feels like none of this is real
    I’ll pretend that my heart and my head are well
    But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
    Like a river in Toronto,
    Then I’d bleed please,
    You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

    It feels like none of this is real
    I’ll pretend that my heart and my head are well
    But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
    Like a river in Toronto,
    Then I’d bleed please,
    You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

  • Joe Quinlan

    The last show they played in Toronto was at the Opera House at Queen and Broadview. It’s about a two minute walk east of a bridge over the don river with stairs that take you down to the path and park.

  • Christian

    You hipsters are so stupid. Of course she sings about the Don River! Read a fucking book for once.

  • Ben

    Man about toronto. Latly I’ve been noticing people banging into me on the streetcar and sometimes on the streets. They literly do it too. It get’s to a point that I’m scared to leave me house and walk on the streets. I need to go out at less once in awhile.