Teenage Fanclub: Facing the future in a positive state of mind 

In advance of gigs in Cork and Galway, Norman Blake of the Scottish indie veterans talks about hitting the road again and releasing a new album 
Teenage Fanclub: Facing the future in a positive state of mind 

Teenage Fanclub play in Cork and Galway. 

Teenage Fanclub frontman Norman Blake answers the phone amid the hustle and bustle of a house move, decamping to Scotland’s Clyde Valley. “It’s a nice part of the world, actually, it’s on the River Clyde, and they grow strawberries and tomatoes down here. The person who owns the house about four houses down is Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai! Once I’m settled, I can bring him down for a few beers, there’s a nice park across from here.” 

Amiable and excitable in equal measure, while also enjoying the promise of a new start - sounds like the perfect segue into chatting about the band’s forthcoming album Nothing Lasts Forever.

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