21 January 2018

The Fratellis "Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied" (2015)

Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied
release date: Aug. 21, 2015
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,28]
producer: Tony Hoffer
label: Cooking Vinyl - nationality: Scotland, UK

Track highlights: 2. "Impostors (Little by Little)" - 3. "Baby Don't You Lie to Me!" - 12. "Down the Road and Back… Again"

4th studio album by The Fratellis is like the debut album Costello Music (2006) produced by American producer Tony Hoffer who has co-written all songs with Jon Fratelli.
The album may feature Hoffer back with the band, but the dynamics are not really there. It's the band's so far most introspective and least energetic release, and I don't find that the songs have enough quality to equal the band's former releases. In fact, I find that Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied is the band's so far low point.