Notes and Rhymes from The Proclaimers

Some news from the Reid Brothers at Camp Proclaimer:

"A new album, tour dates and much more to come this year and here's a few new things on the go so far.

To coincide with their acoustic performances in March at SXSW in Austin, LA & NY, The Proclaimers will be releasing a digital download EP where Craig and Charlie have covered the Kings Of Leon song "17".

The EP will also feature three acoustic tracks from a BBC Radio Scotland session from 2007, "In Recognition", "The Long Haul" and "S-o-r-r-y". The songs can be purchased as high-quality MP3s which will work on any player in digital format exclusively at Lost Tunes from 9th March and then available at all UK digital download platforms from 16th March.

See a wee video shot in rehearsal rooms of "17" at YouTube.

We have also launched a US micro site for exclusively American news at Proclaimers USA and Twitter and a Facebook page.

Craig and Charlie along with band members, Stevie, Garry John, Zac and Clive are currently having a great time recording songs for the new studio album "Notes & Rhymes" where they have re-united with "Life With You" producer Steve Evans.

Finally, we have teamed up with independent store Townsend Records where all The Proclaimers albums are available on CD and also Persevere Records tracks are available as digital downloads. The store can be accessed from The Shop or at Townsend Records.

We will be adding more tracks and merchandise in the months ahead."

Camera Obscura's Maudlin Career

The new album from Camera Obscura - "My Maudlin Career" - will be released on the seminal 4AD Records label (www.4ad.com) on CD, vinyl & digital download on April 20th.

This is the fourth full-length offering from Glasgow's finest purveyors of literate, melodic pop. It is the follow up to the critically acclaimed "Let's Get Out Of This Country" album. And it is their best yet.

The title track is available NOW on i-tunes, or you can hear it HERE or get it for free HERE (subscribe to mailing list for download).

Camera Obscura will perform at the South By Southwest Music Conference* in Austin, Texas in March before heading to New York for a show at the Bell House in Brooklyn with special guest Laura Cantrell.

The band will also play some UK dates in April:
23 April - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. Tickets on sale 10th Feb 9am HERE**.
26 April - Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow. Tickets on sale 12th Feb 9am - Phone 08444 999 990 or go HERE.

* Other Scottish bands confirmed for SXSW so far include Come On Gang!(Edinburgh), Dananananakroyd (Glasgow), Flood of Red (Glasgow), FOUND (Edinburgh), The Hazey Janes (Dundee), Healthy Minds Collapse (Fife), Nacional (Glasgow), Pearl and the Puppets (Glasgow), The Pictish Trail (Anstruther), Primal Scream (Glasgow), The Proclaimers (Edinburgh), Sandi Thom (Edzell), Twin Atlantic (Glasgow), The Vaselines (Glasgow), We Were Promised Jetpacks (Glasgow) and Astrid Williamson (Shetland Islands).

** If you thought the current ticketing system for gigs was bad, then READ ON.