一聽音樂網

Jon Fratelli的首張SOLO《Psycho Jukebox》一如既往的討人喜歡。整張專輯活力十足，富有激情。開啟音響就可以到達蜂鳴的效果，轟轟作響的聲音半夜也可以讓你的鄰居敲門對你大喊一翻。Jon Fratelli樂此不疲，不論什么時候都這樣。這也是我從 The Fratellis剛出道就一直追捧的原因，也是年輕人必備的一種精神。旺盛的Rock ‘n’ Roll精神勁，讓《Psycho Jukebox》與The Fratellis、Codeine Velvet Club的作品一樣喧鬧不停。

Psycho Jukebox is the debut solo album by Jon Fratelli, former frontman of The Fratellis and Codeine Velvet Club, released on 25 July 2011. It was recorded with Tony Hoffer (who produced Costello Music and mixed Codeine Velvet Club) in the Sound Factory studios in Los Angeles.

[edit] Recording

After putting the Fratellis' on hiatus in 2009, Jon worked with singer/songwriter Lou Hickey on a project entitled Codeine Velvet Club. The duo recorded an album and played live during late 2009 and early 2010 before Jon announced he was departing the project to move onto a solo career. After playing a few shows (notably using musicians from Codeine Velvet Club, bar Hickey), Jon flew to LA with the band to record his debut album. He kept fans up to date on the songs he was working on via his Twitter feed. Finshing the album in November, under the working title The Magic Hour, Jon flew home and recorded an EP to release before the album. The first single was released in February 2011, called "Santo Domingo" (previously known as "Ham On Rye") While writing, Jon decided to add a new song to the album and flew back to LA to record it. The song, "Baby, We're Refugees!" was released as the second single on 12th June 2011.



Jon has also since tried to add a song entitled "Dead Radio", but was unable to as Island locked down the dates. He has however played it live and recorded it in a stripped down form on a free podcast which is on his website.