Endless Arcade

The Scottish band’s eleventh album feels uniquely pensive, even tentative. Nearly every song will have you humming along, though few seem designed to grab your attention.

The Scottish pop-rock band’s 11th album spills over with heartbreak, wisdom and melody.

Ripping up their rulebook? Hardly. Giving long-time fans something new to enjoy? You bet.

Teenage Fanclub's 11th studio album and first without founding member bassist/singer Gerard Love, 2021's Endless Arcade is a gentle and lyrically textured production.

On Endless Arcade, Teenage Fanclub sound refreshed, renewed and remarkably like themselves

I can honestly say in the 31 years since the Scottish band’s debut single, “Everything Flows,” dropped like a breath of fresh air on a hot summer’s day, that I’ve never met anyone that doesn’t like Teenage Fanclub.

For about three decades now, Glasgow’s own Teenage Fanclub have been a dependable force in the indie pop universe. Driven forwards by three

A devastating love song sets the tone for the Fanclub’s 12th album

The album is a welcome, if predictable, reminder of the days when the guitar-driven verse-chorus song was king.

Indie rock veterans Teenage Fanclub continue inspiring into their fourth decade with their latest album, Endless Arcade.

Album Reviews: Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade

The Scottish band are older, and their new songs are tinged with melancholia

Line-up changes are no obstacle to sustained excellence. Review by Kieron Tyler