- Summary: After gaining acclaim for a densely melodic sound that anticipated the coming emergence of grunge, Scotland's Teenage Fanclub return with a harmony-driven album to inspire a power pop revival.
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Rock, Indie/Alternative
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 17 out of 18
-
Mixed: 1 out of 18
-
Negative: 0 out of 18
-
Shadows is a touch too twee at times, but more often, it impresses with its understated elegance and classically constructed melodies.
-
While its recent recordings have reflected a more subdued approach in the studio, band members Norman Blake, Gerard Love and Raymond McGinley never lose their knack for composing concise pop gems.
-
60The eighth "proper" album from Teenage Fanclub delivers exactly what one expects: gentle, bittersweet guitar pop, which harks back to the 60s without descending into pastiche.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 0 out of
-
Mixed: 0 out of
-
Negative: 0 out of
Related Articles
-
Published: June 29, 2010Among the albums on our list of the best music released this month are the debut from Sleigh Bells and the latest from The Roots. Find out what other new albums made our list.
-
Loveless [Reissue] - My Bloody Valentine
-
Ram [Deluxe Edition] - Paul & Linda McCartney
-
L.A. Woman - The Doors
-
On the Impossible Past - The Menzingers
-
Biokinetics [Reissue] - Porter Ricks
-
Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet
-
Reform Club - Claro Intelecto
-
Be Good - Gregory Porter
-
Crown and Treaty - Sweet Billy Pilgrim
-
1992-2012 - Underworld
-
Undun - The Roots
-
Accelerando - Vijay Iyer Trio
-
R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike
-
Voices from the Lake - Voices from the Lake
-
The Earn - Yu
-
Europe - Allo Darlin'
-
Young Man In America - Anais Mitchell
-
Vee Vee [Remastered] - Archers of Loaf
-
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions - Billy Bragg/Wilco
-
Locked Down - Dr. John