More than one-hit wonders
JON LAWLER is a terrible salesman. “With our new album we have got things at least half right,” laughs the Fratellis singer. “I know that’s not the best pitch in the world — ‘Buy our album, it’s half good’. I’m not very good at promoting myself.”
The Glasgow native cuts a careworn figure. A life in music has taken its toll. In 2006, the Fratellis had a global hit with ‘Chelsea Dagger’, a stomping anthem that has lived on as a terrace chant. But he found success overwhelming and, amid increasing levels of off-stage acrimony, the Fratellis split in 2009. Since then, life has not always been easy.
