Fear and Doubt
Geographic
2012
Rating: 7 broken spokes out of 10
I'm not sure I knew Lightships was the solo project of Teenage Fanclub's Gerald Love when I found this EP online. If I did know it, my brain has since purged itself of this information. But even coming in not knowing jack, any longtime supporter of the Fannies (one of my all-time favorite bands) knew exactly what was going on as soon as the unmistakeable vocals of Love kicked in on the first track "Fear and Doubt." Also featuring members of the Pastels and Belle & Sebastian, this music is pretty goddamn twee and there ain't a thing wrong with that. All four songs on this short player are quite enjoyable, and now I need to seek out the band's full-length that also came out in 2012. Hopefully Love is also saving some of these great songs for a future Teenage Fanclub record as well.
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