Released in June 1980, In Camera's debut single, Final Achievement bears some similarity to Public Image Ltd, circa Metal Box. In Camera, along with Dance Chapter, for the most part represented the lesser faction of early 4ad, not very interesting for the most part live or on recording (with the excpetion of the EP Fin for In Camera). With the A-side Final Achievement, the song development itself is very minimalist with two chords in total and the same guitar and bass line throughout. That wouldn't be a problem if they weren't so repetitious and in the case of the guitar line a unconvincing descending single note line. The disco drums top of the Pil similarities, and towards the end of the song there is some noise guitar overdubs but it overall doesn't do much to make it better.
The B-side is slightly better. Die Laughing features a munch more frenzied pace that sounds like the band is about to lose tempo throughout. It's painfully obvious that the drummer is the most talented member here with the rest of the band knowing how to play probably a total 10 notes. The guitar this time does some trashing reverberated chords, which is a little more interesting, however the vocalist is much more prominent here and in some places his singing becomes obnoxious. Towards the last 30 seconds however the song hits its final stride with the band actually channeling some real emotion and the guitar, bass, drums and vocals succeeding in creating a claustrophobic dynamic ending.
Rating: 2/5
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