Description
Teenage Fanclub release a limited-edition double A side 7 ahead of their tenth studio album, Endless Arcade, released via their own label PeMa in the UK/Europe and Merge in the US.
The 7 vinyl features an edit of current single Home (version only available on vinyl on this release) and previous single Everything is Falling Apart
Endless Arcade follows the bands ninth album Here, released in 2016 to universal acclaim and notably their first Top 10 album since 1997; a mark of how much theyre treasured. The new record is quintessential TFC: melodies are equal parts heart-warming and heart-aching; guitars chime and distort; keyboard lines mesh and spiral; harmony-coated choruses burst out like sun on a stormy day.
Endless Arcade was virtually finished by the time lockdown was announced, bar the odd tinker under the engine hood. For the track Home It seems timely, given how everyone has had to stay home under lockdown, the track typifies TFCs relaxed groove, culminating in Raymonds peach of a guitar solo. Normans search for home could be literal: after all, hes been living in Canada for the last 10 years. But its also figurative.
In the 1990s, the band crafted a magnetically heavy yet harmony-rich sound on classic albums such as Bandwagonesque and Grand Prix. This century, albums such as Shadows and Here have documented a more relaxed, less teenage Fanclub, reflecting the bands stage in life and state of mind, which Endless Arcade slots perfectly alongside. The album walks a beautifully poised line between melancholic and uplifting, infused with simple truths. The importance of home, community and hope is entwined with more bittersweet, sometimes darker thoughts insecurity, anxiety, loss.
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