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Good Things Do Happen

by The Cameramen

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These Dead End Towns 05:22
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2.
Sea Creatures 04:13
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Drunken Serenade 04:46
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4.
Pulse Connection 03:43
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5.
Moonlit 03:40
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6.
Break and Enter 04:59
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Prospect Row 03:52
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Dreams 04:40
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Simple Pages 03:22
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Oxyphenbutazone 01:35
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11.
Dune 04:59
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about

"It’s a myth that pop music is easy to make. I find it to be one of the most complex and multifaceted genres in music. The Adelaide, South Australia five-piece pop outfit The Cameramen seems to have done their homework on the pop genre and have taken many pains to get it right on their debut record Good Things Do Happen.

Let’s start with the positivity of the record’s title. There is a subtle irony which unfolds from this title as we hear the lush and well-orchestrated pop in the vein of so many acts of the past five decades. We get the more spectral piece of orchestrated pop “Drunken Serenade” which begins to show the far reaches of where The Cameramen is willing to explore, as they dole out Pink Floyd styled orchestration, which they continue to explore along with a bit of Pet Sounds influence on the slightly more playful and exhilarating roar of “Sea Creatures.”

The Cameramen is at their best when they concentrate on the orchestral swells combined with special oddities which again fall into the Pink Floyd vein later on the record as on the string driven “Dreams” which alone is worth the price of admission. Good Things Do Happen’s success can be linked to the orchestration of the songs, which boils down to five guys fine tuning their songs instead of just thinking ‘this is good enough,’ an attitude that unfortunately befalls many bands these days.

Good Things Do Happen is an album which deserves as much undivided attention as the listener has. The rewards will be worth it."

- Divide and Conquer Music

credits

released June 25, 2017

Musicians:

Richard Sallis - vocals, violin, accordion, orchestral arrangements
Daniel Altmann - drums, vocals, ukulele, glockenspiel, percussion
Randall Boland - guitar, vocals
Ashley Collins - vocals, synthesizers, keyboards
Tom de Prinse - piano, keyboards, synths, saxophone, melodica
Lenni Hemsley - bass
James Quentin Addison - synths, vocals, guitar, ambient sound
Aaron Williams - guitars, vocals, AA battery, trumpet

Songwriters:

These Dead End Towns (Collins)
Sea Creatures (Sallis)
Drunken Serenade (Sallis)
Pulse Connection (Sallis)
Moonlit (Altmann/Sallis/Williams)
Break and Enter (Altmann/Sallis)
Prospect Row (Collins/Sallis)
Dreams (Sallis/Williams)
Simple Pages (Rivers Cuomo)
Oxyphenbutazone (Sallis/Addison)
Dune (Altmann/de Prinse/Sallis)

Recording:

Recorded at St Michaels Lutheran Church Hahndorf, Explosions&Fire Laboratory, and Neidbau Records HQ.

Production by Richard Sallis, Joseph Cheek and Tom de Prinse
Engineering by Joseph Cheek, Richard Sallis and Lenni Hemsley
Mixing and mastering by Richard Sallis
Artwork by Jeanette Wildwood

Parts of the recording were made possible by a funding grant from the SA Music Development Office.

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