5 April 2022
Sottish heroes TEENAGE FANCLUB released their 11th LP, titled Endless Arcade a year ago. They’re ready to promote it on their upcoming UK/Europe tour, starting tomorrow.
Along comes a new single. On I LEFT A LIGHT ON
the Fanclub still sounds/sings like legendary American
nightingales The Byrds.
Have a listen…
TEENAGE FANCLUB: Facebook
19 November 2021
Band: TEENAGE FANCLUB
Who: Scottish indie jingle-jangle rockers
Active: Since 1989 / 11 studio albums
with this year’s Endless Arcade as the
most recent one.
Anniversary album: BANDWAGONESQUE
Released: 19 November 1991 in the US,
and 4 November 1991 in the UK.
AllMusic says: “The gold standard of the early-’90s power pop revival, in its own way Bandwagoneque was as much a benchmark as contemporary records like Nevermind
and Loveless; though not the generational rallying cry of the former nor the revolutionary
sonic breakthrough of the latter, Teenage Fanclub’s 2nf LP nevertheless heralded the return
of melody and craft, coupled with energy and spirit, hallmarks of much of the greatest rock
and roll of the past, and virtues as rare as hen’s teeth in the years immediately prior to the disc’s release.” Full review here. Score: 5/5.
Turn Up The Volume: Status Quo playing slacker rock
with 60s legends The Byrds in harmony on vocals.
Singles/clips: The Concept / What You Do To Me / Star Sign
– THE CONCEPT –
– WHAT YOU DO TO ME –
– STAR SIGN –
Full album on Spotify
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: All Albums – Facebook
3 May 2021
Band: TEENAGE FANCLUB (Scotland)
Active: Since 1989 / 11 albums (so far)
Album: ENDLESS ARCADE – 11th LP
Released: 30 April 2021 – order info here
Pitchfork: “The Scottish band’s eleventh album feels uniquely pensive,
even tentative. Nearly every song will have you humming along, though
few seem designed to grab your attention…. This thematic territory, self-
doubt, aging, nostalgia—spans the record and can sometimes make
Endless Arcade feel like a gloomy concept album.”
Full review here. Score: 7/10.
Turn Up The Volume: This could easily be their 5th or 10th album.
The jangly Teenage vibe still remains the Byrds same. Melancholic,
ruminant, melodic, and easy-listening. The band reflects on – a not
so bright – present and future. Despite the dreamy pop timbre, the
Scots share a lot to think about, while you hum along.
Singles: Everything Is Falling Apart / Home / I’m More inclined
– EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART –
– HOME –
– I’M MORE INCLINED –
Full album…
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: Facebook
Norman Blake, the frontman of Scottish indie rockers Teenage Fanclub
remembering Kurt Cobain when touring with Nirvana in UK and Europe in 1992…
New sonic impulses…
16 March 2021
Scotland’s guitar pop crooners TEENAGE FANCLUB
have their new, 11th album ENDLESS ARCADE out
on 30th April.
After lead-single I’m More Inclined the Scots show
their love for 60s legends The Byrds once again.
THE SUN WON’T SHINE ON ME is a harmonious,
melancholic ballad with a jangly, weeping guitar
we heard so much on the works of that American
60s beat group.
Enjoy here…
TEENAGE FANCLUB: Facebook
New sonic impulses…
26 January 2021
Scotland’s guitar pop darlings TEENAGE FANCLUB had their new, 11th album,
entitled Endless Arcade ready for a 5th March release. But that terrible pandemic
made the band decide to postpone the album’s launch to 30th April and their promo
tour dates to September 2021 and the spring of 2022.
The good news is that, to comfort their fans,
the group has dropped a new cut from the LP.
I’m More Inclined has – again – that
harmonious touch of 60s legends The Byrds.
Tune in here…
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: Facebook
20 January 2021
Band: TEENAGE FANCLUB (Scotland)
Active: Since 1989
Album: ENDLESS ARCADE – 11th LP
Out: 5 March 2021
Single: HOME
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: All Albums – Facebook
Out 5 March 2021 via Merge Records
16 October 2020
Band: TEENAGE FANCLUB (Glasgow, Scotland)
Active: since 1989
Album: HOWDY! – their 7th LP
Released: 16 October 2000 – 20 years ago today
NME: “‘Howdy!’ demonstrates that Teenage Fanclub have attained such an
imperious mastery of their one musical trick – Beach Boys, Big Star, Beatles,
Bacharach, Byrds, Badfinger and Band imitated, assimilated and expanded,
that you can’t even be bothered to get annoyed with them anymore.”
Full review here. Score: 4/5.
Singles: I Need Direction / Dumb Dumb Dumb
– I NEED DIRECTION –
– DUMB DUMB DUMB –
Full album…
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: Facebook
The other side of the A…
30 September 2020
Band: Teenage Fanclub (Scotland)
B-side: Long Hair and Robot Love
A-side: The Concept
Released: 1991
I believe in everything I see
Why believe in everything you hear?
– LONG HAIR –
– ROBOT LOVE –
TEENAGE FANCLUB: Facebook
29 May 2020
Artist: TEENAGE FANCLUB (Scotland)
Album: GRAND PRIX – their fifth LP
Date of release: 29 May 1995 – 25 years ago today
About the cover: The now-defunct ‘Formula One’ racing team
‘Simtek‘ provided the car that appears on the front cover!
‘The Independent’ wrote: “Breathtakingly superb album with finely
honed dynamics, nagging harmonies, and deceptively simple lyrics”
Highlights: Mellow Doubt / About You / Sparky’s Dream / Don’t Look Back /
Verisimilitude / Neil Jung / Say No / I’ll Make it Clear
Top single…
The winner in full…
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: Website – Facebook
TURN UP THE VOLUME 