This was the first I'd ever heard from Teenage Fanclub. I'll definitely rewind and start from the beginning of their discography (not right away, but soon). Shadows is a really solid record, front to back. A few tracks are better than others, though.

Sometimes I Don't Need to Believe in Anything -- repeated chords give it good pace (repetition that also works later in the record for When I Still Have Thee). I know there's sadness here, but the track stays light; makes it feel a bit like summers as a kid when we'd spin in circles trying to get dizzy, and the chorus is that moment when we'd stop spinning and the effect hit us. Reminds me of a quicker These Long Summer Days by Josh Rouse and Paz Suay.

Baby Lee -- this sound is what I thought all the excitement about She & Him's second album was about. It manages to be whimsy without feeling strained from being just so damn cute.

The Fall -- because I'd love to "turn my back on the city sights" and "climb into the mountains to see the stars." Can't remember the last time I was actually unplugged and not overly aware that I was unplugged.

Similarly, Dark Clouds -- for the Eeyore in me. A reminder that if you stay up long enough, you gain the perspective of watching the night turn into day. A reminder not to be so shortsighted. There's even more encouragement waiting in Sweet Days Waiting, later on the album.

The Past -- it's a movie scene, with the character on a train, staring out the window, sifting through what-ifs, maybes, and ambitions. Funny that after a plea to "let the past come back to rescue you," "seduced by a friendly fire" follows in one verse. The past is so often enticing, but usually as fool's gold.

Shock and Awe -- because you understand why someone would "favor a peaceful life" and just want to be woken "when the conflict is over," even though you know that's a pipe dream.

There are a couple misses. Live with the Seasons isn't helped by the sense that its sentiment - what little else he needs as long as he as the one he loves - is so close to that of When I Still Have Thee, which it immediately follows. And Today Never Ends similarly adds little at the bottom of the record. Rather than being its own track, it probably would've been better directly supported by another, like if it was the punctuation of a long silence after the end of the next-to-last track, The Back of My Mind.

But, overall, you should hear this. Check out The Past below.