The second thing I love most about The Fratellis is that every song seems to take place at the best parties. Not the finest, most glamorous parties, but the ones where something(s) inappropriate is bound to happen not by design but by nature. While I've had the good fortune to have attended many of this type of events, it's often hard to explain why it was such a great time without finding yourself resorting to "you had to be there" and that brings to the thing I love most about The Fratellis: they open a song with lines like, "Well, the room was pink and the signs were serious - paperback dolls being slapped delirious..." and you instantly understand the setting, the crowd, and the hi-jinks to ensue.
The bands new album - "Here We Stand" - is a welcome relief from the sophomore jinx which is a relief because I was sure that they weren't going to be able to match the brilliant snot-pop of the first and "My Friend John" definitely adds to their already potent cast of musical characters. Let's hope that this band doesn't become huge so that we never have to be subjected to a jukebox musical.
Although... it would be interesting to see what would happen if John met up with Chelsea Dagger.
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