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Franz ferdinand 202212/30/2023 Though the band had always incorporated a sense groove into their tracks, for their third album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Kapranos and co. You Could Have It So Much Better entered the UK charts at No.1 and even broke the top ten Stateside, with tracks such as Do You Want To? and Walk Away soon became fan favourites on tour and at festivals. They decided to record it back in Glasgow this time around. The so-called ‘difficult second album’ didn’t seem so difficult for Franz Ferdinand. By the end of the year the record had brought the Glaswegians a Mercury Prize and a Grammy nomination. From the jangly, Talking Heads-esque Tell Her Tonight to the disco-ready bop The Dark Of The Matinee. The self-titled debut released in early 2004 and was brimming with hits. Reassuring an interviewer in 2004 that “we make pop music, but it’s quite raw”. The band actually often eschewed the term. Though often dubbed art-rock or intelligent rock (as was seemingly custom to anyone wearing a skinny tie or with a short-back-and-sides haircut in the early days of the Millennium). Their next single, Take Me Out, reached No.3 in the UK charts and has since become their biggest hit. Pricking ears with their angular guitar-lead rock and roll. Its lead single, Darts of Pleasure, announced Franz Ferdinand’s arrival on to the burgeoning British indie scene. By 2003, the band had signed to Domino Records and were sent to Sweden to record their debut album. Their interdisciplinary art shows from the ‘chateau’, their base and rehearsal space in an abandoned warehouse, which arguably influenced their slightly industrial aesthetic. The foursome began generating some buzz around the city after putting on sweaty and spirited gigs. The band have admitted to simply liking the way the name rolled off the tongue. Though they took their name from the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in 1914 kick-started the First World War. Paul Thompson on drums and Nick McCarthy on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. With Alex Kapranos on lead guitar and vocals and Bob Hardy on bass. Coming to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 10th November 2022.įranz Ferdinand formed in 2002 in their hometown of Glasgow. Tickets: from £40.95 Get Tickets Franz Ferdinand, Glasgow’s indie stalwarts have announced 2022 UK dates to support new LP Hits To The Head.
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