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Teenage Fanclub announce new album ‘Do Not Dare To Dream’ with atmospheric single ‘Day In The Sun’
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Teenage Fanclub have announced their 13th album, ‘Do Not Dare To Dream’, alongside the new single ‘Day In The Sun’. Due on 9 October via Merge, the record is their first since 2023’s ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ and continues the band’s melodic, harmony-led indie sound while addressing scepticism towards hollow optimism.
The album was written with longtime members Euros Childs, Francis Macdonald and David McGowan, with the group favouring a more immediate studio process. Its ten tracks include ‘Day In The Sun’, a song about renewal, and the band will support the release with a UK and Ireland tour beginning in Cambridge on 3 November and ending in Glasgow on 21 November.
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In short
- Teenage Fanclub’s new album arrives on 9 October.
- ‘Day In The Sun’ is the first single.
- UK and Ireland tour starts in November.
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Teenage Fanclub have announced their 13th album, ‘Do Not Dare To Dream’, due for release on 9 October via Merge, alongside the new single ‘Day In The Sun’.
- 4 months ago Teenage Fanclub have announced their 13th studio album, ‘Do Not Dare To Dream’, their first since 2023’s ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, alongside a new single, ‘Day In The Sun’.
- 4 months ago Teenage Fanclub have announced their 13th album, ‘Do Not Dare To Dream’, alongside the new single ‘Day In The Sun’.
Explained simply
Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in the late 1980s, known for melodic guitar pop and reflective lyrics. Over more than three decades they have built a loyal following and critical respect, releasing a steady stream of albums while several members have also pursued songwriting and production work elsewhere. Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley are among the band's longest-standing members and its principal songwriters and singers.
The band continues to write and record collaboratively, with musicians including Euros Childs, Francis Macdonald and David McGowan contributing to recent work. Their most recent album, ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, came out in 2023, and bands of this vintage releasing new material is itself notable, since many acts from their era either split up or stop making new records.
New albums are typically supported by singles, released ahead of the record to give listeners an early taste, and by a run of live shows. For an established touring band, a supporting tour matters both commercially and as a way of connecting new material with long-term fans across different cities and countries.