Album: Here by Teenage Fanclub (2016)
Genre: Indie | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Merge Records
Format: Album

Description: "Here"   is the tenth full length studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on September 9, 2016 on the Merge Records label.  
 As ever, song-wise the Teenage Fanclub present a textbook representation of democracy in action, the record offering four tracks each by Norman Blake, Gerard Love, and Raymond McGinley..  Here is the band’s first album in six years.
Upon its release, Here was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".  Susan Le May of The Quietus wrote "This is an utterly spellbinding record that shows with maturity that the band only grows and improves. If this is their last, it is an exit at their peak, proving their relevance and importance more than ever. Nearly three decades on, Here further secures Teenage Fanclub's place at the top table of greatest ever Scottish bands, and it is a sparkling, love-laden, beautiful place to be"

Artist Background: Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene. Their sound is reminiscent of West Coast bands like the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and their seventies counterparts Big Star. Originally a noisy and chaotic band, their first album A Catholic Education, released in 1990 on Paperhouse, is largely atypical of their later sound, with the possible exception of "Everything Flows". The King, their next album, received critical reviews; it consisted of a number of self-confessedly shambolic guitar t... Part of the Bellshill, Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: The Lemonheads, Big Star, BMX Bandits, Super Furry Animals

Music Scene: Part of the Bellshill, Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Indie, Rock/Pop, 2010s, Album, Merge Records

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 2 votes


"Here"   is the tenth full length studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on September 9, 2016 on the Merge Records label.  
 As ever, song-wise the Teenage Fanclub present a textbook representation of democracy in action, the record offering four tracks each by Norman Blake, Gerard Love, and Raymond McGinley..  Here is the band’s first album in six years.
Upon its release, Here was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".  Susan Le May of The Quietus wrote "This is an utterly spellbinding record that shows with maturity that the band only grows and improves. If this is their last, it is an exit at their peak, proving their relevance and importance more than ever. Nearly three decades on, Here further secures Teenage Fanclub's place at the top table of greatest ever Scottish bands, and it is a sparkling, love-laden, beautiful place to be"

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