Smell of Our Own
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The Hidden Cameras
Smell of Our Own
[ Rough Trade Records / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 12 September 2003
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A debut album of beauty and grace which captures the essence of lo-fi home recording.
" 'The Smell of Our Own' offers an alternative to the saccharine teen spirit we're so used to sniffing. It's a sensual celebration of stinky, real-life sexuality." Pitchfork 8.1/10
The Hidden Cameras' 'The Smell of Our Own' captures the essence of lo-fi home recording, while also grasping the abilities of more full-blown studio engineering, delivering an album of beauty and grace. It basks in the warmth of acoustic guitars, while not relying on them all the time to make the songs feel intimate and accessible, takes chances while playing around in the pop realm, and creates stunning arrangements, using strings to fill it out their sound.
On 'The Smell of Our Own', the first LP for the full-membered group, The Hidden Cameras wrap deviancy in Polyphonic Spree packaging and AM-pop sheen. Similar in sound to The Magnetic Fields, The Tall Dwarfs, and the more orchestral moments of Belle & Sebastian, the album begins with strings, organ, and a flourish of harps and voices. The result is a striking album that, though airy and softer more times than not, still jumps out and grabs you and makes you listen.
