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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Barry, Jon, and Mince.]]

A Scottish alternative rock band formed in 2005. Composed of Jon Fratelli, Barry Fratelli, and Mince Fratelli, the band members took their assumed names from the villains of the 80s movie ''Film/TheGoonies''. They've released five albums: the best-known is their first, 2006's ''Costello Music'', which they followed up with 2008's ''Here We Stand'' and, following a hiatus, 2013's ''We Need Medicine'' and 2015's ''Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied.'' Their fifth album, ''In Your Own Sweet Time'', released on March 16, 2018.

Notably, almost all of the band's songs are about girls.

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!!Examples:

* AlbumTitleDrop:
** In "Henrietta", from ''Costello Music'':
--->These are crazy times down at Costello Music.
** In "Laughing Gas", from ''In Your Own Sweet Time'':
--->In your own sweet time you’ll see your neuroses unwind...
%%* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Mince Fratelli, at least in his appearance.
* AudienceParticipationSong: The start of "Chelsea Dagger" is ideal for crowds to sing, not just at Fratellis concerts but at quite a lot of football matches (it was even in the soundtrack of ''VideoGame/{{FIFA|Soccer}} 09''), etc.
%%* BreakupSong: "Slow", from ''Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied''.
%%* {{Burlesque}}: In the "Chelsea Dagger" video.
%%* CountryMatters: Used in a few songs.
%%* MetalScream: "Chelsea Dagger" has one right in the beginning.
%%* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: "Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night."
%%* MrsRobinson:
%%** Shown in a positive light in "Mistress Mabel", [[DirtyOldWoman less so in "Shameless"]].
%%** Even earlier used in "Got Ma Nuts From a Hippie", in an oddly ambivalent light. She may have "made [him] a real man" but it's not clear how he felt about it.
%%* OdeToIntoxication: [[SomethingBlues "Whiskey Blues"]]
* OneWomanSong: Songs named after women include: "Henrietta", "Chelsea Dagger", "Nina", "Stacie Ann", "Rosanna", "Mistress Mabel", "Jeannie Nitro", and "Lupe Brown".
%%* RockTrio: The band's setup (live there's also a keyboardist).
%%* {{Scatting}}: Common in their songs - for example, the refrains from "Flathead" and "Chelsea Dagger".
%%* SexAsRiteOfPassage: "Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy"
* StageNames: John Lawler, Barry Wallace, and [[OddNameOut Gordon]] [=McRory=] are Jon, Barry and Mince Fratelli.
* TheStoner: "Vince The Lovable Stoner", ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
%%* TookALevelInBadass: In "Look Out Sunshine!", the singer seems to have done this and come back to either a CorruptCorporateExecutive from the music industry or a former band member to give them a piece of their mind before they leave town.
* UncommonTime: The scat-singing refrains from "Flathead" are in 7/4.
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