[DID NOT ATTEND: April 27, 2024] Teenage Fanclub / Sweet Baboo
I feel like I saw Teenage Fanclub not that long ago, but it was way back in 2019!
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.
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.
But they have continued and announced they were returning to the States. I had tickets to see Me First and the Gimme Gimmes but I assumed I’d be going to see Teenage Fanclub instead. Although the parking at White Eagle Hall is terrible, especially now that I’ve had a hard time walking.
And for whatever reason, I was really tired that night. I wound up doing a lot of things that day and was asleep by 9:30. I probably could have gone to the show and been awake enough to enjoy it, but I didn’t have the motivation to go to either show.
Sweet Baboo is the musical alias of Welsh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Black, whose idiosyncratic style encompasses psychedelia, indie pop, folk, electronic, and even classical music. Active since the early 2000s.
His music is chill and perhaps a little forgettable.
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