Camera Records

BUY Camera Records NEW RELEASES !!
THE BEES & MOTHER HIPS TO RELEASE SPLIT 7" ON APRIL 22. Limited Edition single features a new exclusive song from each band / screen-printed sleeves. Camera Records will be taking orders at their e-store beginning week of March 24 - all orders receive free digital download of each song. stay tuned for details.
+ The Mother Hips - ’Kiss The Crystal Flake,’ the new critically-acclaimed album out now ! Limited Edition Vinyl LP Pressing and CD/Bonus DVD version also available.
+ Ben Kweller Self-Titled 140 gram audiophile vinyl LP available now.
+ Sensations CD & 180 Gram Vinyl LP available now
+ The Court & Spark 140 gram vinyl LP available now.
+ The Mother Hips CD-EP / 7" available now.
Welcome to Camera Records. We are a New York City based independent record label located in lower Manhattan, two blocks from the mighty Hudson River, in Greenwich Village.
This is a labor of love for us. Our goal is to bring you artists that we deeply believe in, musical recordings that have inspired and seduced us & songs that we have fallen in love with.... We promise to work really hard at getting our artists’ records out to music enthusiasts around the world. We want Camera’s recordings to endure. The music has got to feel timeless...don’t you agree?
About our Featured Releases:
The Mother Hips
Kiss The Crystal Flake
CD / Limited Edition CD/Bonus DVD / Vinyl LP
CD, Limited Edition Vinyl LP Pressing & CD/Bonus DVD version available now !!
The Mother Hips first full-length studio recording in six years. The new record is a "face-melter." Twelve brand new studio songs. All recorded to analog tape during a six month period in 2006. The Hips really stretched it out on this LP, bringing their rock harder and weirder while flexing their most refined songwriting sensibility to date . Of course, the record also stays true to the bands signature dueling-guitar driven California "station-wagon" rock, soaring harmonies, and guitar crunch. Dig it.
Front-man, singer/guitarist Tim Bluhm explains "This album is almost like a debut album for us. It is very different from anything we recorded in the past. You know that saying about wishing you knew then what you know now? Kiss The Crystal Flake is that coming true."
LIMITED EDITION BONUS DVD VERSION: The bonus 50-minute DVD provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the recording process while also shedding light on the individual personatlities of band members and producer Dylan Magierek. Included in the DVD are interviews, videos of six full songs being recorded in the studio and montages of the band working thru song arrangements. Also caught on tape are band injuries and comedic tabloidal portrayals uncovering secrets of each band member.
The Mother Hips
Red Tandy
CD-EP / 7-inch vinyl
The Mother Hips return from hiatus to release their first studio recordings in more than four years.
SF Weekly states: "This new EP/7" presents a near-perfect rendering of the Hips’ formula: Americana/country-twang, psychedelic power-pop, and classic rock. The Mother Hips throw a crafty curveball, deftly weaving the substance of seemingly disparate influences into some sophisticated, but not arty, songwriting. The title track begins with a thundering arena-rock riff, transitioning to an idyllic, U.K. "Summer of Love"-glazed melody (recalling the Small Faces, the Hollies, etc.), and complete with sumptuous Beatles/ELO-style harmonies soaring over Neil Young’s Crazy Horse-esque crunch."
Ben Kweller
Self-Titled
140 gram vinyl LP
Available now on 140 gram audiophile vinyl LP.
Spin Magazine calls it a "Mini classic" and gives it 4/5 stars. Rolling Stone Magazine raves "The twenty-five-year-old touches on Sixties pop and Seventies AM fare on songs that sound both well-crafted and unfussy...a sweet little batch of songs." Produced by Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies), the new album hearkens back to a time when Petty and Springsteen gave their roots rock a glossy makeover and became even bigger stars than they already were.
On this, his third album, Kweller plays every single instrument, and layers acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, pianos, glockenspiels, tambourines, xylophones, organs, drums, claps, harmonicas and even triangles atop shimmering vocal harmonies to create an indelibly melodic, sweetly nostalgic work that displays the depth of this ever-evolving singer-songwriter’s craft.
Sensations
Listen To My Shapes
CD / 180 gram vinyl LP
In Stores nationally on now on both CD and vinyl LP.
Mesh Magazine states: "This is the debut album by one of the finest Bay Area bands to emerge in the last year. Comrprised of Greg Loiacono & Paul Hoaglin (from Mother Hips) and Todd Roper (former Cake drummer), the band plays inspirational guitar rock in the vein of Muswell Hillbilly era Kinks, Thunderclap Newman, the Byrds and sometimes Simon & Garfunkel."
The album was recorded on a 1" 8-track tape machine and re-mastered for vinyl in Europe straight from the analog tapes. The vinyl is pressed on 180 gram audiophile virgin vinyl. The insert-sleeve features printed lyrics and performance details for every track.
The Court & Spark
Hearts
140 gram vinyl LP
This limited edition 140 gram vinyl LP (includes a bonus track not on the CD version) is in stores now.
Lost At Sea Magazine says it best: "Put on your headphones and Hearts becomes an album of immense depth and musical sublimity to far surpass most recent comers to the Southern / Country / Western / Space rock arena. The album is also oddly reminiscent of a shoegazer album, in that the higher you crank the volume, the more the sound opens up to the listener. There are instruments buried so far back in the mix throughout that youll miss them if you arent paying attention.
Hearts is an album worthy of much critical acclaim. This is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot without the arrogance. This is one of the best Southern rock albums ever made by a California band. This is a record so disarming that it will pass most people by if they arent paying attention."
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