“In 2004, it was impossible to go to an indie disco and not see the place slayed by Franz Ferdinand‘s monstrous second single, ‘Take Me Out’. That track, and the self-titled album it came from, was a glam, pop, art-rock gamechanger that turned frontman Alex Kapranos, guitarist Nick McCarthy, bassist Bob Hardy and drummer Paul Thomson into one of the UK’s biggest and most exciting bands. In the deca”
“Our take on 'Always Ascending,' the fifth album from the "Take Me Out" bards”
“At its best, the fifth album from the UK indie-rock stalwarts is sleek, catchy, and enjoyably overwrought, the sound of a snappy hype band no longer burdened by relevance.”
“Back in 2004, Franz Ferdinand arrived on indie disco dancefloors in tight trousers, tighter guitar lines and the unashamedly smouldering intention of making music for girls to dance to. Cynically, everything that followed that Mercury Prize-winning self-titled debut hasn’t captured that spirit quite so effortlessly and glamorously, but they’ve rarely strayed from that original vision. Quickly pic”
