News: The Fratellis Announce New Album ‘Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied’
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(AUS) They say that vertigo is not the fear of falling but the fear of wanting to jump. But Jon Fratelli knows no fear. With Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied the new album by The Fratellis, out August 21 via Cooking Vinyl Australia, he and the band have jumped from the precipitous heights that three albums (two top 5’s), a Brit Award, four sold-out nights at Brixton Academy and countless sell-out shows around the world took them to. Exuding Zen-like calm Jon has embraced the free-fall, abandoned the baggage and has never got on better with his band mates or enjoyed playing live as much as he does now. And boy, does it show.
Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied is the sound of freedom. It is the sound of a band at the peak of their powers. An exhilarating trip; it’s as much flying as it is falling with style. Listening to it; from the rush of album opener “Me And The Devil” to the elegant landing of closing track “Moonshine”, it is obvious that The Fratellis are the embodiment of the maxim, “leap and the net will appear”. This is an album that oozes confidence and verve.
After the release of 2013’s We Need Medicine, the Glaswegian trio, completed by Barry Fratelli (bass) and Mince Fratelli (drums) spent a year touring the world. At the tail end of 2014, they decamped to LA to work on album number four with Tony Hoffer (M83, Depeche Mode and Belle & Sebastian), who also produced their first album smash Costello Music.
With Hoffer at the helm they were released. The pure enjoyment of ‘playing for the fun of it’ was back. The band had initially thought they’d produce the record themselves, but with Tony as ‘director’ all but two of the songs were thrown to the wind and in just four short weeks the album was written and recorded with The Fratellis relishing instrumentation and possibilities they wouldn’t have even thought about, without the direction of Hoffer. That unique, bright clarity of California sunshine seems to permeate the record and the band channelled it to create an album that represents what they do best. At the heart of Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied there’s a fun, energetic soul reminiscent of their 2006 debut.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Me And The Devil
02. Impostors (Little By Little)
03. Baby Don’t You Lie To Me
04. Desperate Guy
05. Thief
06. Dogtown
07. Rosanna
08. Slow
09. Getting Surreal
10. Too Much Wine
11. Moonshine
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