Camera Melancholia, by Roy Montgomery

Camera Melancholia

by Roy Montgomery

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Aa Huge scope, deeply mediative with some real moments of fun.

The unexpected strumming shift in 'On the eve of leaving Dune' is too damn joyous, gets me every time. Favorite track: On the Eve of Leaving Dunedin for Christchurch.

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Roy Montgomery - Camera Melancholia 2xLP
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Ships in Mid-November. Two black vinyl LPs in a gatefold jacket. Ten poems are printed on the inner gatefold. Artwork done by Ronnie van Hout, known for his work with Flying Nun in their early years.

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1.	First Exposure 02:28	buy track
2.	A Series of Images from your Youth 06:44	buy track
3.	On the Eve of Leaving Dunedin for Christchurch 05:01	buy track
4.	Courtship Caught Fleetingly 04:37	buy track
5.	Second Exposure 01:13	buy track
6.	The Very Picture of Dignity and Determination 03:53	buy track
7.	Some Footage of Dancing that No-One Else Saw 05:11	buy track
8.	Playing with the Children 02:48	buy track
9.	Your Albescence 09:07	buy track
10.	In The Mutual Flux 03:08	buy track
11.	Aura of the Afterlife 1 08:03	buy track
12.	Aura of the Afterlife 2 06:05	buy track
13.	Aura of the Afterlife 3 05:30	buy track
14.	Aura of the Afterlife 4 06:30	buy track
15.	Aura of the Afterlife 5 09:59	buy track
16.	Aura of the Afterlife 6 04:46	buy track

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Camera Melancholia is a double album of instrumental music inspired by and dedicated to Kerry McCarthy (1967-2021) who was Roy's partner for twenty years and the mother of two children they had together. She died from cancer in early 2021 after first being diagnosed in 2014. Kerry was a professional curator in the area of pictorial collections, particularly around photographic material, and her PhD used the work of Roland Barthes to theorise about the legacies of images associated with Antarctic exploration in the early 20th Century. The cover art for Camera Melancholia was provided by Ronnie van Hout, an Aotearoa New Zealand artist associated with the earliest graphic design work for Flying Nun Records. Ronnie was also a very close and longstanding friend of Kerry. The gatefold album includes the text for ten poems written for and about Kerry.

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released November 25, 2022

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