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'.