![]() ![]() In the British Isles, he said, young musicians were raised in an environment where bands like The Who and Beatles played on T.V. I once had one of the differences between many UK acts and those indie and alternative rockers in the US who often look down on pop music and any efforts to access the Top 40 explained to me by the guitar player in Scottish band Del Amitri, Iain Harvey. And like many UK bands, FF have evolved toward a more polished pop sensibility over the course of their 5 studio releases, and the 2015 collaboration with the American band, Sparks, under the FFS moniker. The Scottish indie rockers who named their band for the Austrian Archduke whose assassination led to the First World War, arrived in the early 00’s with a sound often described as “post-punk” in the same wave that gave us Arctic Monkeys. Around and around the music goes, music from older periods influence fresh creativity, it’s the nature of things it seems, and the latest disc from Franz Ferdinand reflects a similar set of inspirations. (If you have to ask, you’re probably too young.) Take last year’s lovely Beck album, which had a definitive 80’s techno/new wave vibe. ![]() Fire Note Says: On their fifth album, Franz Ferdinand embrace a polished pop sensibility.Īlbum Review: If you’ve been paying attention to creative movement in the rock music scene for long enough you begin to notice how sounds and styles tend to recycle even as new artists are trying to push in new directions. ![]()
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