Audio CD review:
Teenage Fanclub - Howdy!

Teenage Fanclub - Howdy!

Band: Teenage Fanclub Title: Howdy! Rating: Release Date: 18 December, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: I Need Direction 2: I Can't Find My Way Home 3: Accidental Life 4: Near You 5: Happiness 6: Dumb Dumb Dumb 7: The Town And The City 8: The Sun Shines From You 9: Straight & Narrow 10: Cul De Sac 11: My Uptight Life 12: If I Never See You Again

Editoral Review Evoking the past while sounding perpetually contemporary is the talent upon which this group's longevity is based, and all 12 songs on this album feature lovelorn characters and vagabond hearts paraded before backdrops of the big, bouncy pop sounds that characterized 1970s chart-toppers. Followers of Teenage Fanclub will find no surprises on Howdy, as the band members continue to cultivate material from territory seeded by classic popsters such as the Byrds, Big Star, and XTC. In the early 1990s (circa Thirteen), Teenage Fanclub used this sound to rail against alternative music scenesterism and its tendency to make, and glorify, one-hit wonders. But three albums later, the band members' anger has blunted and their focus has turned inward, leaving them prone to sharp introspection. With sweetly intelligent lyrics, a consistently epic sound on every well-crafted song, and Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies that showcase the three singer-songwriters' enormous talents, Howdy is as good an album to own as almost any other by this enduring band. --Sarah A. Sternau .. You can see a complete list of all Teenage Fanclub discography, or go back to the Teenage Fanclub tabs