New Teenage Fanclub LP

[holyzombiejesus]

Fucking awful. Don't know why I expected anything better. So so bad.

Every single song sounds like one of those where there's an exodus to the bar if they played it live.

[DrGreggles]

Only listened to it once, but it sounded fine to me.
Very much from the same mould as Here.

[PaulTMA]

Think it's their best album

[Seedsy]

Fucking awful. Don't know why I expected anything better. So so bad.

Every single song sounds like one of those where there's an exodus to the bar if they played it live.

I have to agree, it sounds so fucking boring. The guitars have no bite to them. The songs have no zip.

I love teenage fanclub but I think their last great album was howdy, 21 years ago
Plus, it's not the same without  Gerry

[lazyhour]

Howdy is one of my all-time favourite Fannies albums. Really underrated record. Was it the follow up to Songs From? They were on fire then!

[Seedsy]

It was, from bandwagon all the way to howdy is some strike rate. (I don't mind thirteen either)

[DrGreggles]

I think this is their weakest album (on first listen anyway), but that run of Creation albums was absurdly good. Barely a dud track across 5 records.
A b-sides compilation from that era would piss all over most bands' best work.

I wonder if Euros will be integrated into the songwriting. The biggest issue I have with Endless Arcade is that, with only Norman and Raymond songs included, it lacks the variety that previous albums had.

[scarecrow]

I don't think it sounds like they put much thought into the arrangements on this and the previous album - the songs sort of just chug along. I still like them, however.

[Golden E. Pump]

None of the songs have any urgency. It's like an overcast Sunday afternoon walk to the local shop to buy bin-liners.