In Camera - David Steiner (vocal/keyboards), Andrew Gray (guitar), Pete Moore (bass) and Jeff Wilmott (drums, piano) – are among the more mysterious acts of 4AD's early alumni (Bauhaus, The Birthday Party, MASS, Modern English, Rema-Rema, The The).
Active between 1978 and 1981, in the thick of London's post-punk scene, they enjoyed an intense and fruitful short time together. Coming to the label's attention when they supported Bauhaus at the Billy's venue in Soho, their only releases came with two singles in 1980 – the double A-side 7" of 'Final Achievement' and 'Die Laughing' and the 'IV Songs EP.'
Calling it a day before they recorded an album, 4AD fittingly issued the posthumous release of the 12" EP, 'Fin,' using the band's epic, three-track John Peel Session.
Ten years after amicably splitting, 4AD released the now long out of print retrospective CD, '13 (Lucky For Some),' coercing the band back in to a studio to record four songs they had played live but not committed to tape to complete the release. Things returned to quiet until interest to licence their music came from experimental French label Desire Records (who subsequently pressed up a limited mini-album of the first two singles entitled IV Songs + II in 2011) sparking In Camera's interest to compile 'Era,' the definitive and final word on their band.
'Era' focuses solely on the group's earlier material with the deluxe, double CD package containing their three singles in chronological order on Disc One and eleven not-previously-released tracks on Disc Two - two demos, four live recordings and five tracks from a recently found rehearsal tape.
Title: Era
Format: CD
Release Date: 22 May 2015
Artist: In Camera
Sku: 2296822
Catalogue No: DAD3508CD
Category: Punk
Disc Count: 1
Transfer Format: Compact Disc
Video Format: Alternative
Primary Audio: DAD3508CD
Language: 0652637350821
Subtitles: Warner Music
DISC 1
Die Laughing
Final Achievement
Fragments Of Fear
The Attic
The Conversation
Legion
The Fatal Day
Co-Ordinates
Apocalypse
DISC 2
Scars
Apocalypse
Colour In The Home
The Conversation
Deflowered
On The Retina
Legion
Fragments Of Fear
The Attic
Co-Ordinates
The Fatal Day