{"product_id":"teenage-fanclub-do-not-dare-to-dream","title":"Teenage Fanclub - Do Not Dare To Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003eNorman Blake and Raymond McGinley have been making music together in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/teenage-fanclub\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:hsl(0,75%,60%);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTeenage Fanclub\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e for 37 years, and while some parts of being in a band have gotten easier with time, the simplest things can still trip them up. According to Blake, “It’s difficult when it comes to, y’know, coming up with a name for an album. Especially after you’ve made 12 of them.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003eTeenage Fanclub’s 13th album \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo Not Dare To Dream\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e— out October 9, 2026 on Merge Records — takes its name from one of Blake’s songs on the record, “I Do Not Dare To Dream,” an infectious anthemic song driven by ringing acoustic guitars, joined at the end by dueling electric guitars that wrap around each other like a reassuring hug. Blake says that the title is meant to mock those memes that urge people to “dare to dream,” which to him are “kind of ridiculous... I don’t think the world works that way.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003eAnd yet, just like the song that inspired its name, \u003ci\u003eDo Not Dare To Dream \u003c\/i\u003eis in no way a gloomy or pessimistic record. Like 2023’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/teenage-fanclub-nothing-lasts-forever\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:hsl(0, 75%, 60%);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNothing Lasts Forever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e, Teenage Fanclub’s 13th album is full of songs that are calmly resolute, taking stock of the fraught state of the world without succumbing to despair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Peak Vinyl (Opaque Orange)","offer_id":52740172742967,"sku":"MRG892LP-C1","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP (Black)","offer_id":52740172775735,"sku":"MRG892LP","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52996580671799,"sku":"MRG892CD","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":52740172841271,"sku":"MRG892CASS-C1","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52740172874039,"sku":"MRG892Digital","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/2e21b863a21dfae23370af92de6c727f3d9b1e71_8236b207bd76b6dcda8b1ff1db769dca06737f5e_medium_jpg_603a7809-a9c9-454e-b947-5b68d5278676.jpg?v=1789587739","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/teenage-fanclub-do-not-dare-to-dream","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}