The latest single from The Fratellis’ widely lauded debut album Costello music is another glam rocker with a chorus that belies the title. The guitar intro lays down the tone for the song with an attention grabbing, simple but effective riff and the moment Jon Fratelli’s instantly recognisable Mark Bolan-esque vocals burst in with “She said ‘Oh my’”, you kind of know what’s coming next. The engaging if slightly whiny verse explodes into a huge glam rock chorus with Jon in full Noddy Holder mode backed by a suitable amount of shouting.
A story in the same vein as ‘Chelsea Dagger’, ‘Baby Fratelli’ focuses on the eponymous girl about town: “Everybody says she’s uptight, / Sick in the head, first in the bed / So easy to be Friday’s nightmare”. Like ‘Chelsea Dagger’ before it, the song evokes a night out in Glasgow with the band and an array of motley associates, but as with its predecessor this song is all about the singalong chorus – something these boys seem remarkably adept at creating.
It’s another pretty good song from this Glasgow trio, but it smacks a little of a filler single while the band continue to tour their album and swan off to America. They’ve had the “breakthrough EP” (featuring Creeping Up The Backstairs), the “successful debut single” (Henrietta), the “big song” (Chelsea Dagger), the “slower number that shows another side of the band” (Whistle For The Choir) and now they’re in the “next best song on the album” territory in a bid to keep people interested until they release some new material. The Fratellis are lucky that they have more than four good songs on their album (lets face it, a lot of bands don’t) but frankly most people interested in the release of this single already own the album. It’s pleasant enough in the meantime but let’s hope for some worthwhile b-sides and roll on the new songs!
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First published on rockfeedback.com. See it here.
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