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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand


Background information
Origin Glasgow, Scotland
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Post-punk Revival
Dance-punk
Years active 2002—present
Label(s) Epic Records
Domino Records
Associated acts The Karelia
Embryo
The Yummy Fur
Correcto
Box Codax
Website Website
Members
Alex Kapranos
Nicholas McCarthy
Robert Hardy
Paul Thomson



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Franz Ferdinand Promise 'Disco-Driven' Third Album

July 25, 2008
Franz Ferdinand Promise 'Disco-Driven' Third AlbumFranz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has promised that their new album will be more “disco-driven” than their previous two long-players.

The band have already road-tested a number of tracks at Latitude festival and on their tour of intimate venues around the UK, but Kapranos insists they've got a few surprises up their sleeves.

The 36-year-old said of the as-yet-untitled album: "The album has more of a disco dance floor sort of tempo. While the music is not necessarily disco music, it is around about that tempo and it makes you move in that kind of a way.

"There's definitely a different feel. I've been noticing the audiences moving in a different kind of way to the way they might have moved to the older songs."

Speaking to Newsbeat, Kapranos downplayed the idea that the record would incorporate afro-beat sounds, following their African Exprez show with Damon Albarn.

He continued: "I think the African thing got a little exaggerated because we did the Africa Exprez gig a wee while ago and I think drummer Paul (Thomson) and I mentioned we'd been listening to some Ethiopian bands.

"Suddenly everybody thought we were making an afro-beat album. But we're not really. I think we're incapable of making an afro-beat album. It's always going to sound like a Franz Ferdinand album."

The album is scheduled for release in January 2009.

(by Scott Colothan)



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