‘Here’ We Go: Teenage Fanclub Drop First LP in Six Years

After six years of silence, Scottish alternative icons Teenage Fanclub are back with Here, their first LP since 2010's Shadows. As with past releases, the new album features contributions from all of the band's principal songwriters (Norman Blake, Gerard Love and Raymond McGinley); it also proffers up experiments in krautrock ("“I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive”) and glittering folk ("Steady State"), along with the band's usual jangle-pop goodness ("Thin Air," "I'm in Love"). Sunny, zen and undeniably catchy, the record's a perfect soundtrack for your Labor Day fêtes and Indian Summer strolls. A quarter-century after their immortal Bandwagonesque, the Fanclub's still got it — this one's worth the wait. Stream it over at NPR; below, check out the band's "I'm in Love" video, plus their upcoming tour dates.

Here is out September 9 via Merge.

TEENAGE FANCLUB on TOUR

Sept. 3 — Bristol, England @ Fleece
Sept. 4 — Dorset, England @ End of the Road Festival
Sept. 5 — London, England @ Islington Assembly Hall
Sept. 6 — Edinburgh, Scotland @ Liquid Rooms
Sept. 7 — Manchester, England @ Gorilla
Oct. 12 — Toronto, Ontario @ Opera House
Oct. 14 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Oct. 15 — New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Oct. 16 — Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct. 17 — Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Oct. 18 — Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
Oct. 20 — Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Oct. 21 — Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Oct. 22 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Oct. 23 — Madison, WI @ High Noon
Oct. 25 — Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
Nov. 15 — Inverness, Scotland @ Ironworks
Nov. 16 — Whitley Bay, England @ Playhouse
Nov. 17 — Sheffield, England @ Leadmill
Nov. 18 — Manchester, England @ Academy 2
Nov. 20 — Leeds, England @ University
Nov. 21 — Norwich, England @ Waterfront
Nov. 22 — London, England @ Electric Ballroom
Nov. 23 — Portsmouth, England @ Wedgewood Rooms
Nov. 24 — Brighton, England @ Concorde 2
Nov. 26 — Birmingham, England @ Institute
Nov. 27 — Cardiff, Wales @ Glee Club
Nov. 28 — Nottingham, England @ Rock City
Nov. 29 — Bristol, England @ Anson Rooms
Nov. 30 — Cambridge, England @ Junction
Dec. 2 — Dublin, Ireland @ Academy
Dec. 3 — Glasgow, Scotland @ Barrowland
Dec. 4 — Glasgow, Scotland @ ABC