Camera Sized Life

by LMNOP

Overview

Stephen Fievet's early-'80s cassettes under the name LMNOP were bright and catchy new wave-influenced pop with clever, often very funny lyrics and a distinctly odd sensibility. Over the ensuing decade, however, Fievet's world view darkened considerably. 1995's 30-song release Camera Sized Life is as clever as before, but it's a more unsettling listen. The songs are less produced, with fewer instruments and more empty spaces in the music (as always, Fievet plays and sings everything himself), and although Fievet's sweetly melodic song sense and adorable singing voice are much the same, his lyrics have become dark and corrosive. The imagery is unfailingly bleak, and the catchy tunes, like the downright boppy "Hurdle," make the proceedings that much freakier. Camera Sized Life's defining moment comes at the very end of the poignantly melodic "Stranger's Son," when Fievet sweetly chirps, "You're a scum-faced f*ck/I hope your car gets crushed." Ever wonder what would have happened if Ian Curtis had led the Archies instead of Joy Division? Camera Sized Life explains all. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	04/25/2006
Label:	CD BABY.COM/INDYS
UPC:	0634479294419

Tracks

1. Situation
2. Figure Nothing
3. Taking Off
4. Stranger's Son
5. Fluffy
6. Hurdle
7. People Away
8. Never Old
9. Torn Lining
10. Graphic Sex in a Disney Movie
11. Season of Relief
12. MFSB
13. Control
14. In the World
15. Cottage Tree Memory
16. Up and Down
17. Vinyl
18. Rule
19. Turn It Blue Dizzy Cartoon
20. Captain
21. From Where I'm From
22. Camera-Sized Life
23. Ush
24. Zonolite
25. Early Grave
26. Goodbye
27. Falling Down
28. How Can I Explain?
29. Fix My Wagon
30. More Like Ted

Album Credits

Performance Credits

LMNOP   Primary Artist