Franz Ferdinand's relatively quick rise is no hype job. They have arrived fully-formed, that rare combination of great hooks, smart looks, live prowess and swagger -- without all that messy pretension. Their songs are a delectable mix of rock, pop, disco and postpunk, a band not afraid to combine the nervy guitar funk of The Talking Heads and Orange Juice, the off-beat hi-hat accents of Moroder-era Blondie and the glam stomp of The Fall. HUGE hooks, I tell you. I mean, huge. Already a massive European hit ...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. 180 gram vinyl. Comes with free download coupon! Tonight: Franz Ferdinand "is music of the night: to fling yourself around your room to as you psyche yourself for a night of hedonism, for the dance floor, flirtation, for your desolate heart-stop, for losing it and loving losing it, for the chemical surge in your bloodstream. It's for that lonely hour gently rocking yourself waiting for dawn and it all to be even again." - Alex Kapranos

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A couple of years ago Bob, Alex, Nick, and Paul got a group together. They said that they wanted to make girls dance or something. Domino put out their first record Franz Ferdinand and they spent a year zipping around the planet, playing their tunes to millions of people. They picked up loads of prizes - Ivor Novello, Mercury Music, Brits, Grammy nominations, MTV awards etc, but more importantly, they made pop music a wee bit exciting again. They've just recorded a new record: You Could Have it so Much Bet...   [ read more ]

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