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Franz ferdinand houston7/2/2023 ![]() ![]() Everything comes from that: the sound, performance, tempo, instrumentation, how far you stand from the mic… everything.” He understands that what is essential is the emotion: the emotion that inspired the song and the emotion that the song inspires in you on hearing it. We don’t know.’ Then I remembered I still had his number, so I texted him and said ‘I’ve always thought we could make a truly great LP together’ and he replied straight back and said ‘Yes! Let’s do it!’” I asked Laurence (Bell, Domino boss) and Cerne (Cannning, manager/svengali) to put us in touch and they said ‘Oh, he’s a bit of an enigma. “Philippe is someone we’d wanted to work with for a long time.” said Alex “Last time we spoke, he was recording the Beastie Boys. With reclusive producer Philippe Zdar (Cassius, Phoenix, Beastie Boys), FF have taken a knife to their old canvas, creating an album that is so foreign in its familiarity it could only be current. In case you missed the announcement last year, Nick McCarthy (guitar) left to raise his family and Julian Corrie, a much-loved figure in the Glasgow music scene, joined core members Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson. There have been substitutions, but the team is playing stronger than ever. “We wanted this to sound like nothing we made before,” said the band and after listening to the first moments of the title track it’s obvious that’s what they’ve accomplished. The album’s ten songs are a triumphant recasting of one of our favourite groups, bursting with fresh ideas and vigorous sonic experimentation. Always Ascending is nothing short of a rebirth. Paul, Minn.Forget everything you think you know about Franz Ferdinand. (DAR Constitution Hall)Īpril 13-14: New York (Hammerstein Ballroom)Īpril 20: St. (Cameron Indoor Stadium)Īpril 11: Washington, D.C. March 31: Grand Prairie, Texas (Nokia Theatre)Īpril 7: Durham, N.C. March 30: Houston (Verizon Wireless Theater) Here are Death Cab For Cutie/Franz Ferdinand’s tour dates: ![]() 28 in Santiago and March 1-2 in Buenos Aires. The group is in the midst of performances on Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand and has also been tapped to open for U2 Feb. A DVD of all the clips, “Directions,” will be released April 11.įranz Ferdinand will be out behind its 2005 sophomore set for Domino/Epic, “You Could Have It So Much Better,” which has shifted 298,000 copies. 39 on the Adult Top 40 tally.Īs previously reported, the band commissioned videos for each track from “Plans” and is gradually unveiling them on its official Web site. 5 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, the single “Soul Meets Body” debuts this week at No. Louis, April 5 in Atlanta, April 21 in Madison, Wis., and April 28 in Vancouver.ĭeath Cab will be touring in support of its 2005 Atlantic debut, “Plans,” which has sold 540,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ![]() In between, Death Cab has scheduled a handful of its own shows: March 26 in Las Vegas, April 1 in Tulsa, Okla., April 3 in Omaha, Neb., April 4 in St. The trek will visit a mix of theaters and college campuses through an April 26 finale in Calgary, Alberta. Modern rock heavyweights Death Cab For Cutie and Franz Ferdinand will begin a North American co-headlining tour March 22 in Portland, Ore. ![]()
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