Today, the legendary Scottish indie-pop band Camera Obscura releases a new single, “We're Going to Make It in a Man's World,” from their first new album in over ten years, Look to the East, Look to the West, out May 3. Listen to “We're Going to Make It in a Man's World” wherever you stream music, and grab Look to the East, Look to the West on CD, LP, or limited-edition baby blue and white galaxy Peak Vinyl from the Merge store! 

“We’re Going to Make It in a Man’s World” was co-written with keyboardist Donna Maciocia for filmmaker Margaret Salmon’s 2021 film Icarus (After Amelia). (Salmon, in turn, shot Look to the East, Look to the West’s cover photography featuring Fiona Morrison, who was on the cover of Camera Obscura’s debut, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi). Ironic and sincere, the two navigate the reality of being women in the music industry, somehow floating over Tim Davidson’s pedal steel and Maciocia’s keys. “This is a co-write with Donna, one of the first of many songs we have since written together,” says Campbell. “It is a bit tongue-in-cheek with a serious message at its core. As middle-aged women in the music industry, are we relevant? Who is interested in us? Where’s our place in an industry where women are so underrepresented?”

Camera Obscura on tour:
May 02 Hebden Bridge, UK – The Trades Club
May 04 Leeds, UK – Stylus
May 06 Manchester, UK – Academy 2
May 07 London, UK – KOKO
May 09 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
May 10 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy2
May 11 Glasgow, UK – Barrowland Ballroom
May 29 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 30 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
May 31 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmont
Jun 01 Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall
Jun 03 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Jun 04 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Jun 07 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Jun 08 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
Jun 10 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Jun 11 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
Jun 12 Phoenix AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Jun 14 Dallas, TX – Studio at the Factory
Jun 15 Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
Jun 17 Atlanta, GA – Variety
jun 18 Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle
Jun 18 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Jun 20 New York, NY – Webster Hall
Jun 22–24 Mexico City, MX – Foro Indie Rocks!