Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
The sweat had barely time to dry off in the 02 Academy from the previous night’s storming gig by Big Country than the re-emergence of one of the most popular and endearing bands of the last decade, The Fratellis, stoked up the pressure cooker inside the venue and the keen excitement felt by all spilled over and added further to the party atmosphere.
As part of a seven date tour, one of the most original acts to come out of Scotland since the start of the new century, The Fratellis are making a huge statement of intent by coming back together and making the o2 Academy, Liverpool one of their ports of call.
The band was a shot in the arm to the music world when they released the phenomenal successful Costello Music onto an unsuspecting U.K. audience in 2006. Songs such as the superb Chelsea Dagger, the sublime Vince the Loveable Stoner, Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night and the incredible Henrietta, there was nothing that Jon, Baz and Mince could do wrong. The music was infectious and well written, a real tour de force live.