Seraphina Lotkhamnga on May 21st, 2013

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Camera Obscura return with “Desire Lines” to follow up their beloved “My Maudlin Career,” and once again the Glasgow quintet manages to dole indie pop tunes that stomp as much as they sweep. With Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, R.E.M., Sufjan Stevens) on production, ballads such as “Fifth in Line to the Throne” with a depressing subject matter come off angelic (contributing vocals from Neko Case may be a factor) while songs like the jangly pop number “Do It Again” serves as a perfect foil. After four years, loyal fans are bound to grow deliriously giddy over the new pop record that wears its heart on its sleeve. With lyrics like “If you want me to leave/Then I’ll go/If you want me to stay/Let it show” and charming melodies, you’d never know vocalist Tracyanne Campbell was singing about someone in an unhappy relationship with consequences affecting her monarchic future. “Desire Lines” is slated for a June 4 release on 4AD.

||| Download: “Fifth in Line to the Throne”

||| Stream: “Do It Again”

||| Live: Camera Obscura play June 18 at the Wiltern.