Camera Obscura owe their reunion to a rock cruise. More specifically, an exceedingly twee indie-rock voyage hosted by fellow Glaswegians Belle & Sebastian. In 2019, Camera Obscura — on extended hiatus since the death of longtime keyboardist Carey Lander — accepted a personal invitation from Stuart Murdoch to join them, Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, Alvvays, and more, on the Boaty Weekender, a nautical festival around the Mediterranean aboard the Norwegian Pearl.