Who remembers Teenage Fanclub? The Glaswegian indie-rockers whose Grand Prix, their pièce de résistance from 1995, somehow has eluded the clutches of that alluring beast named Britpop, even though they were signed to Creation at the time?
Sure, they have been pacing steadily along since then, their latest album being released only last month (on their own label Pema), but it's fair to say they have yet to reach the same heights as their mid-90's efforts.
New York's critically acclaimed The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (it's a children's book reference) on their side, are just an album and two EPs into a career which, judging by their numerous favorable reviews, nicely blends My Bloody Valentine, Jesus And Mary Chain, The Cure and Ride. Which isn't bad at all.
Their new single Say No To Love, certainly takes influence from The School Of Robert Smith as well as Andy Bell's old old band, but mostly it's coated with the kind of big-guitars-bigger-melody that made Teenage Fanclub what they were.
Never the most complicated of tunes, this non-album effort is nonetheless four highly enjoyable minutes of summer-soaked guitar pop, Kip Berman's omnipresent hazy voice being the missing link between Courtney Taylor-Taylor and The Delays' Greg Gilbert.
There's elements of New Jersey rock here too, and the close-knitted harmonies of Berman and Peggy Wang certainly sends thoughts to London dream-poppers The High Wire.
Say No To Love is out on June 8.
Their self titled album and subsequent EP Higher Than The Stars are both out now.
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart on MySpace.
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart's website.
6:23 AM | 15/06/2010
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