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Tracyanne & Danny is a new collaborative project between singersongwriters
Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura) and Danny
Coughlan (Crybaby). Tracyanne hails from Glasgow, Scotland. Londonborn
Danny is based in Bristol, England. Their paths first crossed in 2013
when introduced by mutual music industry pals. Tracyanne dug Danny's
Crybaby album (released on Helium Records) and invited him to open
some Camera Obscura shows in the UK. Mutual artistic respect led to
the swapping of song ideas, but tentative plans to work together were
set aside while Camera Obscura wrote, recorded, released, and
promoted their fifth album Desire Lines. Following the death of Camera
Obscura's Carey Lander, all band activity stopped. Time passed.
Tracyanne and Danny revisited the idea of collaborating. A pool of songs
were honed and crafted. On the suggestion of their manager (and
Teenage Fanclub drummer) Francis Macdonald, they recorded at
Clashnarrow, a studio in Helmsdale in the highlands of Scotland owned
by the esteemed Edwyn Collins. Sessions took place throughout 2016
and 2017. Edwyn co-produced along with engineer and multiinstrumentalist
Sean Read (Dexys). They had the use of Edwyn's vintage
gear (including the guitar pedal which features on his global hit "A Girl
Like You") as they invoked a range of shared influences: The Roches,
Dion, Lou Reed, The Flamingos, Serge Gainsbourg, Santo & Johnny, and
The Style Council. Edywn pops up with a guest vocal on first single
"Alabama," an intentionally "joyous" tribute to Tracyanne's late friend and
band mate Carey Lander. Tracyanne & Danny is not a diverting curio or
a wee stop on the road to someplace else. It is a shared artistic aesthetic,
forged over time. They have figured out how to fit round each other and
work together, creating a rewarding musical synergy. There will be more
songs.