After rocking for 35 years, Teenage Fanclub turns reflective on 12th album

On Teenage Fanclub’s early albums, the Scottish band swathed its folk-rock songs in guitar distortion. So longtime fans couldn’t have been surprised that the group’s 12th and latest studio album, “Nothing Lasts Forever,” begins with an electric snarl. “It’s always been a part of what we do,” says singer-guitarist Norman Blake via video phone call from his home in the countryside near Glasgow. “We like a fuzz pedal.” Blake and Raymond McGinley, who also sings and plays guitar, are the only members who’ve been with the band for its entire...