TVD Live Shots: Teenage Fanclub at the Sinclair, Boston, 10/17

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My first interaction with Teenage Fanclub was back in 1993 when the band released their fourth album, simply titled Thirteen. The critics told me that I had missed the band’s finest moment (1991’s Bandwagonesque is widely celebrated as the gold standard for the ’90s power pop revival) citing a significant departure from their jangly pop sound. Thirteen was the album that saw the band dive head first into a darker, moodier, and more atmospheric sound. Maybe it was the fact that the band took a risk by self-producing it or maybe they were just pushing their own boundaries—who knows, but I dug it.

I sort of lost track after the follow-up to Thirteen and rediscovered them again for their tenth album, Here. Call it good marketing or maybe the fact that several of my friends on Facebook are massive fans and share a thing or two. Either way, I gave the new record a listen and it’s quite brilliant. During my travels to the States last week I happened to catch them in Boston at the Sinclair.

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Holy hell these guys are good live. The club was absolutely jammed to the gills so it was a bit of a challenge to really capture the atmosphere—somewhere between aging hipsters with cool beards (who were probably there long before the Mumford and Sons’ revolution) and every college radio DJ from the many stations in and around Boston. The band clearly has some insanely devoted fans.

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There are not too many bands around these days who can sing perfect four part harmonies in addition to each core member dedicated to their own lead vocals, and Teenage Fanclub make it look easy. The setlist was a trip down power pop memory lane with a mix of big, bright, sunny guitars and gorgeous, layered vocals covering pretty much every emotion one could imagine within a career spanning set.

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Teenage Fanclub’s new album Here is available now and of course it’s on vinyl. While the critics warm up to Here, do yourself a favor and drop the needle on this one. You wont’ be disappointed. Hopefully I can catch them here in the UK next year. (Looking at you Merge Records.)

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Were you at the show in Boston? Let us know what you thought of the show and the new record. Join the conversation in the comment section below.

Check out high res shots from the show in the gallery here.

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