The Fratellis - I Guess I Suppose

1.    Who?

The Fratellis are an indie rock band from Glascow, Scotland. You can hear their song Chelsea Dagger used and abused in football grounds all over the world. I Guess I Suppose is an album track from their fifth album In Your Own Sweet Time (March'18).


2. What?

I Guess I Suppose is a simple and unassuming glam shuffle with hints of the old standard Spirit In The Sky (Norman Greenbaum).


3. Who do The Fratellis sound like?

The Kooks, T.Rex, and Primal Scream.


4. What have the magazines said?

“The Fratellis have taken their staple energetic and profound beginnings and stepped it up another level” – Liverpool Sound and Vision.

“Southern swamp rock” – Salute.

“Inevitable fan favourite” – The Friendly Critic.

5. Which bands have influenced The Fratellis?

The Clash, The Kinks, Supergrass, T.Rex, Slade, and The Faces.



6. Why should I listen to it?

Just when you thought The Fratellis were yesterdays men they went in search of the magic that propelled their debut album Costello Music (2006) to the top of the British charts and established Chelsea Dagger as an anthem. They went back to producer Tony Hoffer who produced their debut and the results are a career apogee.

7. Any other good tunes on the album?

Most definitely. The singles The Next Time We Wed and Stand Up Tragedy have a Prince influenced funk vibe married to slinky indie rock.


8. Any more words? 

Tony Hoffer has produced albums for The Kooks, The Arkells, Belle & Sebastian, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Foster The People.

“I’ll be there with bells on”

Catholic Action are an NME indie rock buzz band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2014 they have one album to their name In Memory Of (2017) that is reminiscent of early 2000's indie rock bands like The Fratellis, The Kooks, and The Vaccines. New Year is a glam stomp with The Fratellis written all over it but Doing Well is more of a jangly indie rock earworm. Clash magazine called it 'too sugar-coated to resist'. 

The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian’s Born To Act (Jan’15) bustles with energy. From the drop it cranks up a classic jangly indie tune but then it throws in organs, violins and jeez just for kicks there’s saxophones in the bridge. Driven along with rapid handclaps, snappy lyrics and a chippy rhythm it doesn’t take long before you’ve got a bad case of turkey neck.

 

 

 

A song about the mystique of romantic opportunities, real or false, you can be sure Belle and Sebastian have lost none of their magic creating this pearler. Even better this is a Belle and Sebastian song you can dance to. Some have said Born To Act is richly produced. It is. Where they put the kitchen sink? Nonetheless Born To Act just adds to Belle and Sebastian's legend as one of the greatest indie bands ever. No need to fucking say it really, but I will, Born To Act is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“I was there for the ride and the old soul

But we couldn’t go further, no we couldn’t go”

 

 

Born To Act is the third single from the Scottish indie pop band's ninth album Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance (Jan’15). Belle and Sebastian have been doing it their way in Glascow since 1996.

Shit you need to know:

Some of the songs on Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance were influenced by New Order, The Happy Mondays and Led Zeppelin.

The new album was produced by Ben H Allen who has done grind for a diverse number of critters but Cee Lo Green, Gym Class Heroes, MIA, Animal Collective and Bombay Bicycle Club stand out on his resume.

About Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance Amoeba said that it, “manages to help them evolve without losing what made them special”.

Belle and Sebastian have been compared to The Smiths. Other bands mentioned in the same breath are fellow Glaswegians Al Stewart, Teenage Fanclub and the Orange Juice.

Entertainment Weekly described Belle and Sebastian as a “cult phenomenon” and as having had a pivotal role in the Twee Movement.

The crackerjack Belle and Sebastian tunes without which life would be meaningless are Party Line, Stars of Track and Field,I’m A Cuckoo and If She Wants Me.

 

 

 

 

The dodgy double dip comes courtesy of the Scottish indie rock band The Fratellis just because they are from Glasgow too. This is the pub rocker A Heady Tale (2008).

“Pour yourself a drink or three
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while”