TEENAGE Fanclub will make their long-awaited return with their tenth album, Here, on their own PeMa label, via Republic Of Music, on September 9.
Founder members Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley and Gerard Love have recorded the 12 tracks with soundman David Henderson, regular drummer Francis Macdonald and keyboard player Dave McGowan in three distinctly different environments: initially at Vega in rural Provence, then at McGinley's home in Glasgow, before the record was mixed at Clouds Hill in the industrial heart of Hamburg.
As ever, the songwriting on the first Teenage Fanclub record since 2010's Shadows represents democracy in action, with four numbers each by Blake, McGinley and Love.
Here it is: Teenage Fanclub's artwork for their September album
From the almighty chime of opener I’m In Love, through The First Sight’s ecstatic soul search, to With You's paean to unerring friendship, the Scots have writen a dozen songs about "the only things that truly matter: life and love".
The track listing is completed by Thin Air; Hold On; The Darkest Part Of The Night; I Have Nothing More To Say; I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive; Live In The Moment; Steady State; It's A Sign and Connected To Life.
Teenage Fanclub's 17-date autumn tour finds room for two Yorkshire gigs: The Leadmill, Sheffield, on November 17 and Leeds University Union (Stylus), on November 20. Box office: Sheffield, theleadmill.seetickets.com; Leeds,lunatickets.co.uk.
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