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Eighteen months touring and producing themselves at home have toughened the bands sound. And broadened it.
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The Frat pack are back with the impressive, Here We Stand, a confident, storming, guitar-driven rollercoaster of an album with more hooks than the North Sea fishing fleet, all bobbing along on a blitzkreig of overdriven, pop guitars.
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Q MagazineRather than sounding like musical magpies, The Fratellis are always their own men. [July 2008, p.100]
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Throughout, the joyfulness and invention, a marvel of pop craft, make Here We Stand hit the spot.
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They've produced a solid second album that is sure to succeed for them as long as they can maintain a good level of exposure.
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Like a lot of second albums that aren't exactly a slump, Here We Stand is more accomplished than dynamic, but there are still quite a few enjoyable moments here.
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Back for round two, sophomore album Here We Stand doesn't quite bring anything new to the table, but does carry on in the same fun, brash rock tradition of the debut.
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If you look at it as a Grand Guignol of rock cheese, this album is huge fun.
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Entertainment WeeklyThis stuff certainly satisfies. What it doesn't do is thrill. [13 June 2008, p.70]
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If the band's found inventive ways to stretch out its melodies, lad-in-chief Jon Fratelli delivers best on soused songs illuminating how love has gone wrong. Party on.
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StewAug 20, 2008Costello Music was a great album, this one severely disappoints.