New Franz Ferdinand Tracks Appear Online
Following news of their upcoming Edinburgh Castle gigs four brand new tracks that may well be appearing on Franz Ferdinand’s hugely anticipated second album have surfaced on the internet.
The four new songs are ‘Evil And A Heathen’, the wonderfully titled, ‘Robert Anderson Is Christ’, ‘What You Meant’ and ‘You Can Have It So Much Better’ and we’re recorded live from Franz’ show at the B2 Club in Moscow on April 20.
The tracks can be found and downloaded now at acclaimed Franz Ferdinand fansite http://www.franzferdinand.org.
All four of the songs are expected to appear on Franz Ferdinand’s as yet-untitled second album, which the band are currently completing in New York with producer Rich Costey in his Avatar Studios.
Lead singer Alex Kapranos also recently commented that the band the only recently completed the track ‘You Can Have It So Much Better’ and reckons its their best yet.
"On one song, Nick [McCarthy, guitarist] had this fantastically exciting chord progression — something like 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'†He explained, “And he was playing it to me on the guitar, and it had me really excited.
“You have to pounce on something when you get those feelings,†he told MTV, “So I ran upstairs, wrote a bunch of words, got Bob [Hardy, bass] and Paul [Thomson, drums] down into the room and bashed it out in a couple of hours. And now we have a song called 'You Can Have It So Much Better.’â€
As previously reported, Franz Ferdinand will be playing two massive shows in Edinburgh at the city’s Princes Street Gardens, outside Edinburgh Castle, on August 30 and 31.
The shows will close this year’s T On The Fringe event, and The Arcade Fire will provide support on August 31. A special guest is still to be announced for the previous day. Tickets are on sale now and cost £25.
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