Francis Macdonald released an album of minimalist classical music, Music for String Quartet, Piano & Celeste, in 2015. Macdonald played piano and celeste, with strings by members of the Scottish Ensemble. [25] Musical style and legacy [ edit ] Yoo, Noah (11 November 2020). "Teenage Fanclub Announce New Album Endless Arcade, Share New Song". Pitchfork . Retrieved 26 November 2020. In 2006, the band held two special concerts (in London and Glasgow) playing their 1991 album Bandwagonesque in its entirety. Baines, Huw (12 June 2020). "Teenage Fanclub Reschedule UK and Ireland Shows For 2021". Stereoboard . Retrieved 26 January 2021.

Love, Gerard (21 August 2018). "I thought I should say a few words about the Teenage Fanclub situation" . Retrieved 22 August 2018– via Facebook. Cameron, Keith (27 May 1995). "Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix". NME. Archived from the original on 14 October 2000 . Retrieved 8 July 2016. a b Monroe, Jazz (20 August 2018). "Teenage Fanclub Part Ways With Gerard Love". Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 August 2018.The trio of emotional full album shows at the Electric Ballroom in November 2018 (and in other cities around the UK) gave fans one last chance to hear it in full before Gerry Love departed the band (the physical pressures of travelling around the world with the band didn’t appeal and a series of shows in Asia proved the catalyst for him to leave – Blake and McGinley still head up the band but they no longer play Love’s songs live). Belle and Sebastian (3 November 2018). "...and then there were 7! Dave just made it official and joined the band". Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 . Retrieved 18 January 2019– via Facebook. Observer Music Monthly's top 100 British albums". The Observer. 20 June 2004 . Retrieved 18 June 2009.

Walsh, Ben (25 November 2016). "Teenage Fanclub, Electric Ballroom, London, review: A joyous, generous gig from the enduring, uplifting indie-poppers". The Independent . Retrieved 24 June 2022. Brendan O'Hare, because they weren't satisfied with the results of the original recording sessions, [5] and because they wanted to involve O'Hare in the album. [6]

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Cohen, Jason (July 1995). "Teenage Fanclub: Grand Prix". Spin. Vol.11, no.4. p.76 . Retrieved 8 July 2016. Songs from Northern Britain followed Grand Prix and built on the former's success. It became their highest-charting release in the UK and contained their biggest hit single to date, "Ain't That Enough". [1] Norman Blake formed the two-person band Jonny with Euros Childs. In 2012, Blake also formed a Canadian-based supergroup with Joe Pernice and Mike Belitsky called The New Mendicants.

In August 2018, the band issued new versions of their five Creation Records era albums which had been remastered at Abbey Road Studios. To celebrate the reissues, the band also announced Songs from Teenage Fanclub: The Creation Records Years, a four-city UK tour during late October to mid-November in which they would play three nights each in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London, with each night's setlist covering different periods of the Creation-era discography, [14] and featuring former drummers Brendan O'Hare and Paul Quinn participating, in which both drummers would respectively perform the albums and B-sides they had originally recorded. [15] [16] These gigs would be Gerard Love's last with the group, [16] as he separated from the band due to differences in opinion on their future touring plans, later revealed to be a reluctance to fly frequently around the world for live performances. [17] The band began work on their ninth album in August 2008, booking an initial three weeks at Leeders Farm recording studio in Norfolk. [10] The album was called Shadows, the first to involve keyboardist Dave McGowan as a full-time member, and was released on the band's own PeMa label. It became available in Europe, Australasia and Japan on 31 May 2010, and was released by Merge Records in North America on 8 June 2010. [11] Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene. They formed following the break-up of The Boy Hairdressers, a band featuring Raymond McGinley, Norman Blake and Francis Macdonald. [4] Following a brief period in which Blake was a member of BMX Bandits, the three former bandmates joined with Gerard Love to form Teenage Fanclub. [4]

It was also the first Teenage Fanclub album where songwriting duties would be evenly split between Norman Blake, Gerry Love and Raymond McGinley (earlier albums had seen Love and Blake-penned songs dominate). The songs on the first half of the album are of ridiculously high standard, polished melodic gems seemingly never to be dimmed. Beaumont, Mark (6 January 2017). "Shoegaze albums - 10 of the best". NME . Retrieved 14 November 2022. On 23 May 2023, Teenage Fanclub announced the September release of their twelfth album Nothing Lasts Forever. [22] Other projects [ edit ]

Virtue, Graeme (1 November 2018). "Teenage Fanclub review – classic lineup bids farewell with glorious nostalgia trip". The Guardian . Retrieved 19 January 2019. Richards, Sam (3 March 2020). "Teenage Fanclub announce new album, Endless Arcade". Uncut . Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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If Bandwagonesque got the most enthusiastic response from critics upon its release, it is Grand Prix that has, of all their albums, best stood the test of time. Bernard Butler’s last year with Suede was not a happy one, so it wasn’t a surprise when he left the band as they were completing their second album, Dog Man Star . Freed to pursue his lavish visions, Butler teamed with former Thieves singer David McAlmont on an album that functions as a riposte to the towering darkness of Suede’s sophomore record. Bright and bold, with an unapologetic debt to lush 1960s pop, The Sound of ... McAlmont & Butler is both an album of its time and somewhat out of step with it. Murray, Robin (25 April 2018). "Teenage Fanclub Confirm Vinyl Re-Issues". Clash . Retrieved 22 August 2018. Gallagher, Alex (26 January 2021). "Teenage Fanclub share new single 'I'm More Inclined', postpone album and tour dates". NME . Retrieved 26 January 2021.