A mix of queer politics, explicit sexuality, symphonic indie pop, and theatrical spectacle that borders on the religious, Toronto's are the brainchild of singer/songwriter/guitarist Joel Gibb. The 2001 debut album Ecce Homo -- a collection of four-track demos released on Gibb's own Evil Evil imprint -- introduced a stripped-down version of the Hidden Cameras' witty, acoustic-based songwriting, which drew comparisons to the Magnetic Fields and Belle & Sebastian. Ecce Homo also caught the ear of Rough Trade, whose signing of Gibb made the Hidden Cameras the first Canadian artist on the label in its 25-year history. Fs2004 Srtm Global Terrain Map there. Meanwhile, the group's elaborate live performances, which include up to 30 go-go dancers, strippers, and musicians, as well as videos, projected lyrics, and heavy audience participation, won the group a widespread and devoted following in Canada.

2003's Rough Trade debut,, reflected some of the group's more elaborate sound more so than Ecce Homo did and spread the Hidden Cameras' subversively catchy music further afield. In 2004, the band released their long-awaited follow-up,, named for the Toronto suburb of Gibb's youth., which presented a slightly tamer version of the Cameras' 'gay church folk music,' arrived in 2006. Produced by Hidden Cameras frontman Joel Gibb, AWOO was recorded by Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith) and Ohad Benchetrit (Do Make Say Think) at the Gas Station on Toronto Island. The whole 13 track affair was made available in the US this week by Arts&Crafts, the Cameras own Evil Evil label has made AWOO available in Canada.

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