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30 April 2021 For the last four decades, Teenage Fanclub have forged a steady career that’s produced numerous touchstones — records whose influence can still be felt in today’s indie rock. Listening to their latest, Endless Arcade, you can trace aspects of that lineage in some of the songs — there’s a hint of Bandwagonesque’s sugar in “Back in the Day”, some of Songs from Northern Britain’s Britpop on “I’m More Inclined”, and the driving slow-burn of their 2000s outpu...

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On Endless Arcade, Teenage Fanclub sound refreshed, renewed and remarkably like themselves

Album: Teenage Fanclub‎ - Endless Arcade | reviews, news & interviews Album: Teenage Fanclub‎ - Endless Arcade Album: Teenage Fanclub‎ - Endless Arcade Line-up changes are no obstacle to sustained excellence by Kieron TylerMonday, 26 April 2021 A few hurdles need jumping before grappling with the essence of Teenage Fanclub’s 11th album. Endless Arcade is their first without bassist and founder member Gerard Love. He, alongside Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, was one of ...

Richard Purden LIKE many during lockdown Norman Blake ventured into his attic. He discovered artefacts include a poster for Teenage Fanclub’s first show in New York at the legendary but now defunct CBGBs. “It was an important date because that was the first time we played in America,” reflects Blake on the show in the summer of 1990 attended by Sonic Youth and Don Fleming who would co-produce the Fanclub’s American breakthrough album Bandwagonesque which celebrates its 30th annive...

The band’s long-term keyboardist and guitarist Dave McGowan ended up taking Love’s role on bass, while new member Euros Childs, formerly of Welsh indie band Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, was drafted in on keyboards. Blake had previously collaborated with Childs on their side project Jonny. “We toured together with Gorky’s years and years ago, and me and Euros became fast friends and we have been for a long time. And personality-wise, he’s a really good guy; he’s a gr...

The thing about institutions is that they’re meant to be impenetrable. We wouldn’t after all want to pursue an adulatory relationship with something or someone that had to explain themselves or come round and do the washing up. That’s not how it works. Take Teenage Fanclub; a Scottish musical institution by anyone’s standards having broken through in 1991 with the near legendary album Bandwagonesque, their career path since has been one that’s gone precisely as they intended, no matte...

Rolling Stone Teenage Fanclub Release Bittersweet New Song ‘The Sun Won’t Shine on Me’ Track will appear on Scottish outfit’s next album, Endless Arcade Endless Arcade, out April 30th via Merge. “The Sun Won’t Shine on Me” is graceful song written by Norman Blake that’s filled with twinkling guitar lines and rich vocal harmonies that give off a distinct Sixties folk vibe. “With a troubled mind I am in decline,” Blake sings on the bittersweet chorus, “And the sun...

Teenage Fanclub's 'The Sun Won't Shine On Me' Is A Gentle Waltz

1407 Views Teenage Fanclub have always been a band you can rely on for big harmonies, big tunes and songs that evoke the radiant joy of The Byrds or Big Star. Long-term fans may approach this 10th album with some trepidation after the departure of founding member and bassist Gerry Love in 2018 but the indie veterans from Belshill, on the outskirts of Glasgow, have long been masters at giving their crowd what they need at the same time as subtly exploring new territory. To that en...