With Teenage Fanclub
Once considered the quintessential twee-pop band, Belle and Sebastian have grown more polished with each album, to the point where those early, Smiths-influenced EPs now seem like just a phase. Four years after 2006's excellent, Motown-tinged "The Life Pursuit" made them quasi-superstars, Stuart Murdoch and co. are finally back, re-teamed with "Pursuit" producer Tony Hoffer on their latest album "Write About Love"—and look at that, the rain held off! With Teenage Fanclub.


