The Fratellis
Costello Music

THE REVIEW

And here I am, wasting some useless time to review or comment on a pointless little talk. But it's so, so, so cute and intriguing, friends, that it will be a bit like Fantozzi films in the cinema collection of an enthusiast of the battleship Kotiomkin, or a porno calendar inside a confessional. In short, it's that catchy stuff that you listen to and appreciate, then you throw it away, then you'll take it back in a few years to rewatch/relisten to the funniest scenes.

** 2nd consideration: in my opinion, said just like that without much pretension, these guys play really well.

*** 3rd consideration: the lyrics. They are absolutely in tune with contemporary squalor and poetically convey the confusion of the contemporary world quite well. Radiohead reinterpreted between the lines and made explicit like a little school magazine article.

**** 4th consideration: if you want, I can make public my quite off-key version of Whistle for the choir, but only with prior mp.

Apparently (you can find confirmations about it around the web), despite the title, this album has nothing to do with Mr. Costello, aka Elvis, who is mostly unknown to me except for the episode "She" that frankly everyone knows. Costello fans, let me know if it's possible to associate them instead.

In conclusion:

recommended, fun, and seemingly trivial. I would especially recommend it to those who appreciate Pink Floyd's "Meddle" not for Echoes, but for San Tropez.