Scottish indie rockers The Fratellis [ tickets ] have lined up a short run of US dates to back their sophomore studio effort, "Here We Stand," which is due in stores next week.The Glasgow trio will make the American trip before settling into the summer European festival circuit, kicking off June 11 in Boston. The outing concludes with a June 21 appearance at Calgary, Alberta's Virgin Festival.The group will return to the US in the fall to tackle a slot at Morrison, CO's Monolith Festival. Dates are below."Here We Stand," which drops June 9, is the band's follow-up to its 2006 debut, "Costello Music." The new album was produced by the band in Glasgow and mixed in New York by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine).The set's first single, "Mistress Mabel," was released in late May. The band confirmed on BBC Radio 2 early last month that the second single will be "Lupe Brown," although no release date has been set."Most of the songs seem to be little conversation pieces to me," singer Jon Fratelli said in the band's online bio. "They're almost always a little conversation between two people. That's the pleasure I get from writing them: I don't have to analyze them." The trio--which, a la The Ramones, all go by the surname Fratelli even though only bassist Barry Fratelli has a claim to the name (it's his mother's maiden name)--formed after meeting at a carnival where all the members worked, played their first show in 2005, and were signed by Fallout Records after playing a total of nine gigs.
