The Fratellis – We Need Medicine

The Fratellis have returned after an excruciating five years with their new album, “We Need Medicine,” and it’s certainly not one to miss!  The record is jam-packed with the organized chaos that has come to be expected with The Fratellis, and the band is an unapologetic about that fact as ever.  Tracks like the catchy “Halloween Blues,” “Seven Nights Seven Days,” and “Whisky Saga,” will have you out of your seat and dancing in no time. Others, like “She’s Not Gone Yet But She’s Leaving,” “Rock N Roll Will Break Your Heart,” and “Shotgun Shoes” contrast the party to perfection with their mixture of peppy instrumentals and brooding lyrics, like “Shotgun Shoes” growled out line, “I never said that I was honest, but you lie like Hilter with a conscience!”

Whatculture.com hits the nail on the head in their review:

“A fun, messy, and unapologetic record which shows intermittent flashes of ambition from a band clearly still finding their feet after a five-year break, ‘We Need Medicine’ has The Fratelli’s twisting the dials and shifting their styles, but they still haven’t matured. They won’t mature. And, to be honest, why should they?”

Why should they, indeed? Keep on, keepin’ on, Fratellis, we love you just the way you are.

Track Listing:

1. Halloween Blues
2. This Old Ghost Town
3. She’s Not Gone Yet But She’s Leaving
4. Seven Nights Seven Days
5. Shotgun Shoes
6. Whisky Saga
7. This Is Not The End Of The World
8. Jeannie Nitro
9. We Need Medicine
10. Rock N Roll Will Break Your Heart
11. Until She Saves My Soul