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Camden
Genre: Indie, Pop
Region: Sydney, NSW
Members: Camden Chan - Vox, David Rodriguez - Guitar, Kasper Kielly - Bass, Murphy James - Drums
Sounds Like: The Maccabees, orange juice, The Smiths
Influences: 80s British Indie, Rough Trade Records, Albert Camus

The one, the only, the inordinately bony, Camden, are your new 4 piece band from Sydney.

With confronting lyrical themes of depression, romance, vanity and vulgarity, Camden’s original music is often compared to a combination of Morrissey’s voice, splashed with the energy of the Klaxons.

Though being new; 4 gigs down, Camden have become the new signing for Major Label’s single label, supported Alpine on their National Villages tour, and become the darlings of the online blogger sphere.

“[It’s been] nine years since the Vines were supposed to put the edge back into Australian music, however the scenery now seems distressingly meek,” said David Butler, BMA magazine.

“That is, except for Camden, who will soon define indie music in Australia,” he said.

Joining Camden, the slender, narcissistic, romantic lead singer-songwriter, are the three other members; Murphy James on drums, Kasper Kiely on bass, Dave Rodriguez on Guitar.

A Flâneur of the night, Camden finds inspiration in the mud and the muck of the city streets and the romance that can be found in its midst.

Aptly put by Camden himself, “Cliché is a French word; it shouldn’t be an Australian one”.

So make a pledge, for all those who do not belong, find the world vacuous, disgusting; look beyond the irony, listen to Camden and fall in love again

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Played on triple j Played on digital radio Handsome Ransom
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Students
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Students
rating:  5/5
The lyrics are so biting and delicious and it feels like they come from a frontman with some very grand ambitions. The Smiths influence is clear but ...
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Handsome Ransom
rating:  4/5
pretty much diggin everything that is happening here. well played Camden, well played.
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Handsome Ransom
rating:  4/5
Wow. Can really see this one being a grower. Clever ending too!
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Handsome Ransom
rating:  5/5
Hard not to hear a bit of Morrissey inspiration in the lyrics; but the singer has a far more tuneful approach which steers me away from just attachin...
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