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On May 8, 2026, Camera Obscura celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, 'Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi'. Out-of-print on the format since its initial UK release on Andmoresound in 2001, the 25th anniversary edition is the most definitive version of of 'Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi' ever pressed to vinyl, featuring both 'Eighties Fan' B-sides — 'Shine Like a New Pin' and 'Let’s Go Bowling' — which were later added to expanded CD reissues of the album. Those fans have clamored for 'Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi' to receive the vinyl reissue it has long deserved. Setting the needle down on tracks like 'Swimming Pool', 'Pen and Notebook', and 'Happy New Year', it’s easy to hear why: each of the album’s 12 songs are perfectly-observed slices of life rendered cinematic through opulently-detailed arrangements. It’s eternal, bedrock pop music as only Camera Obscura could make it, suitable for the hi-fis of 1966 and 2026 alike.
On May 8, 2026, Camera Obscura celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, 'Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi'. Out-of-print on the format since its initial UK release on Andmoresound in 2001, the 25th anniversary edition is the most definitive version of of 'Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi' ever pressed to vinyl, featuring both 'Eighties Fan' B-sides — 'Shine Like a New Pin' and 'Let’s Go Bowling' — which were later added to expanded CD reissues of the album. Those fans have clamored for 'Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi' to receive the vinyl reissue it has long deserved. Setting the needle down on tracks like 'Swimming Pool', 'Pen and Notebook', and 'Happy New Year', it’s easy to hear why: each of the album’s 12 songs are perfectly-observed slices of life rendered cinematic through opulently-detailed arrangements. It’s eternal, bedrock pop music as only Camera Obscura could make it, suitable for the hi-fis of 1966 and 2026 alike.