[ATTENDED: March 15, 2019] Teenage Fanclub
I’ve been a fan of Teenage Fanclub since I heard “The Concept” back in 1991. The band has changed (and mellowed) a lot since then (they had long hair, they had hair, and they could have been teenagers, maybe), but they still write gorgeous harmony-filled, pop-rock songs. I had never seen them live (I’d heard that in their early days their live shows were tempestuous and insane).
Last year when bassist Gerald Love retired (amicably) from the band, I assumed they were done. Love wrote a little more than 1/3 of the songs (Norman Blake wrote a lot and Raymond McGinley wrote a bit less) and he wrote some of their catchiest songs.
So I was surprised and delighted that they announced an American tour and they were coming into Philly to Union Transfer. I knew they wouldn’t play any of Love’s songs, but I also knew that they had a whole bunch of songs that the other two guys wrote that I really loved. (more…)
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