Nothing Lasts Forever

Lead off single 'Foreign Land' is the opening track on Teenage Fanclub's eleventh full studio album. That track - and the rest of this beautifully rich and melodic album - is the sound of a season's end, of the last warm days of the year while nights begin to draw in and thoughts become reflective and more than a little melancholy. One of the recurring themes on the album is light, as a both a metaphor for hope and as an ultimate destination further down the road. Although the band's songwriters Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley found themselves touching on similar themes, it was pure coincidence.