[2016-09-09] Teenage Fanclub "Here" (Merge)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:42 pm

Description
Six years used to be a lifetime in rock ’n’ roll. Kids driven by the urgency of youth form bonds, plug in, play gigs, find a label. Acclaim, exhaustion, over and out. Teenage Fanclub’s early years were propelled by that kind of frantic energy (thankfully without the flameout). As outliers of the sound of young Scotland’s second wave, they released five albums in their first six years together. The foundations of their national-treasure status were already laid. The tenth Teenage Fanclub LP—Here—arrives six years after the release of 2010’s hugely acclaimed Shadows (described by Uncut as “the sound of a great group ageing gracefully”). Here is the work of a band entirely confident in their own craft—the consolidation of nearly three decades of peerless songwriting and almost telepathic musicianship. Recorded with the band’s soundman David Henderson alongside regular drummer Francis Macdonald and keyboard player Dave McGowan in three distinctly different environments (initially at Vega in rural Provence, then at Raymond’s home in Glasgow before mixing at Clouds Hill in the industrial heart of Hamburg), it’s a record that embraces maturity and experience and hugs them close. As ever, song-wise the Fanclub present a textbook representation of democracy in action, the record offering four each by Blake, Love, and McGinley. From the almighty chime of opener “I’m In Love” (“We will fade into history, I’m in love with you love … And I like your trajectory, I’m in love with you love”) through the ecstatic soul-search of “The First Sight” (“Will I ever get to see the first sight of a heart that’s true?”) and the paean to unerring friendship “With You” (“I will hide with you from sadness, and bad philosophy / I will laugh with you at madness, and learned stupidity”), Here is a collection of twelve songs about the only things that truly matter: life and love. As is befitting of a record that took its time to arrive, Here uses reflective space to dazzling effect. “Steady State,” with its gorgeous ebb and flow, has echoes of The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ astral jangle, while “I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive” unexpectedly curves off from dreamlike beginnings into a semi-acoustic/motorik outro, sonically replacing the steady beat of the German autobahn with the vast open skies of the Pacific Coast Highway.

Tracklist
1. I'm In Love
2. Thin Air
3. Hold On
4. The Darkest Part Of The Night
5. I Have Nothing More To Say
6. I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive
7. The First Sight
8. Live In The Moment
9. Steady State
10. It's A Sign
11. With You
12. Connected To Life

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HXGXH76/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:42 pm

Check out this live performance of a WANderful new Fannies song, "I'm In Love":

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Wow, it's been a while. They released some really good albums years back.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:02 am

Tweeted by Norman:

Quote:

So we have definitively finished the next @TeenageFanclub album. It's in the can. It's something different for us I think. We are happy :-)

Later in the conversation he says that the album will be out in "early 2016".

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:09 pm

Soon!

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2016 2:40 pm

Bump: Added the release details to the first post.

Here's a label-provided audio preview of "I'm In Love", in better quality than the radio premiere above:

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:45 pm

Can you stand one more video of this great song? The Fannies have filmed a proper promo for it now:

Tim Porterfield · **Joined:** 01 Feb 2007 **Posts:** 19

I was introduced to them through their "Songs from Northern Britain" album, which I immediately liked! Looking forward to exploring the rest of their catalog (including the new one).

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:46 pm

Another terrific preview track, "Thin Air":

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:24 pm

Live on BBC Radio 6:

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:30 pm

A real promo video has been made for "Thin Air":

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

A really good album by the "Fan".

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

Looks like this will be the last album with Gerald Love.

Announcement From Teenage Fanclub
We are pleased to announce that we will be returning to Japan and Australia in 2019, and will also be visiting Hong Kong and New Zealand for the first time. Find tour dates and tickets HERE.

Feb 01: The Vine, Hong Kong | Feb 04: Zepp Diver City, Tokyo
Feb 05: Nagoya Club Quattro, Aichi | Feb 06: Umeda Club Quattro, Osaka
Feb 12: Corner Hotel, Melbourne | Feb 15: Metro Theatre, Sydney
Feb 16: The Triffid, Brisbane | Feb 18: Powerstation, Auckland

In relation to that we have another announcement to make. Gerard Love will not be with the band for these dates, or any other shows beyond those we are playing this year. His last show with the band will be on November 15th at the Electric Ballroom in London. Following discussions within the band going back several months there is a continuing and sadly unresolvable difference of opinion on whether the band should proceed with proposed touring plans, so after that London show Gerry will be separating from the band, and Teenage Fanclub will be continuing without him. The band wish Gerry all the best in his future musical endeavours.

However, all of us are looking forward to the shows we’ll be playing this year, and in particular to making sure the 3-night shows in October and November will be something special. To that end, joining us for those dates will be Brendan O’Hare and Paul Quinn. There are still limited tickets available for some of those dates.

https://www.teenagefanclub.com/news-1/2018update

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:03 pm

I'm very glad that they're going to continue.

Paul Quinn blossomed into a terrific songwriter in the years since he left Teenage Fanclub, so if he were to rejoin permanently, they'd be at full strength in a different way. But I think that Norman and Raymond could just as easily carry the group all by themselves.

Gerry's Lightships project was good, but kind of wimpy. If that's where he wanted the Fannies to go, it's not surprising that they ended up with irreconcilable differences.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

GodsComic wrote:

Looks like this will be the last album with Gerald Love.

Announcement From Teenage Fanclub
We are pleased to announce that we will be returning to Japan and Australia in 2019, and will also be visiting Hong Kong and New Zealand for the first time. Find tour dates and tickets HERE.

Feb 01: The Vine, Hong Kong | Feb 04: Zepp Diver City, Tokyo
Feb 05: Nagoya Club Quattro, Aichi | Feb 06: Umeda Club Quattro, Osaka
Feb 12: Corner Hotel, Melbourne | Feb 15: Metro Theatre, Sydney
Feb 16: The Triffid, Brisbane | Feb 18: Powerstation, Auckland

In relation to that we have another announcement to make. Gerard Love will not be with the band for these dates, or any other shows beyond those we are playing this year. His last show with the band will be on November 15th at the Electric Ballroom in London. Following discussions within the band going back several months there is a continuing and sadly unresolvable difference of opinion on whether the band should proceed with proposed touring plans, so after that London show Gerry will be separating from the band, and Teenage Fanclub will be continuing without him. The band wish Gerry all the best in his future musical endeavours.

However, all of us are looking forward to the shows we’ll be playing this year, and in particular to making sure the 3-night shows in October and November will be something special. To that end, joining us for those dates will be Brendan O’Hare and Paul Quinn. There are still limited tickets available for some of those dates.

https://www.teenagefanclub.com/news-1/2018update

Too bad, they will miss him .

[2016-09-09] Teenage Fanclub "Here" (Merge)

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