Franz Ferdinand's 'New' Singer

Franz Ferdinand bass player Bob Hardy is set to sing on the band’s forthcoming album. The group will begin recording in March, and aim to release the follow-up to last year’s self-titled debut at the end of the summer.

Singer Alex Kapranos said: "We start recording in March and that shouldn't take more than two weeks. It should be released maybe late summer or early autumn." The star has also revealed that one new track has been written for Hardy to sing, called ’I’ve Got Ten Pounds’.

He told The Guardian: "I used to really love it on the old Beatles records where you had a track that was like, Ringo sings! But he's been refusing to have anything to do with this really stupid idea of mine, so it probably won't make the record."

Read more @ NME.

Comments

[piper182]

oh great another franz ferdinand record...

[thesums4eva]

ya man they rock!!!

[alienfingersCR]

yeah sure, they pop!

[frusciante_5]

i dont understand this band, couldnt listen to a whole album

[pop princess]

it is a cool yet rather weird album. and see-ing as the bassist doesnt normally say much it'll be cool o hear him sing

[kill 'em pretty]

i guess theyre a half descent band, but they just dont do anything for me. good to hear there trying something different

[jamjarohrah]

i dont reeli no wot to say. Is this good or bad news?

[NothanksVicar1]

ahh trendy rock. I dont mind them, but the ***ing zutons they are just appaling...

[BLyon]

theyre original

[ryanmay]

nt v gd players, but v gd music and songs. ther album is great

[Giliath]

Great!!! I can't wait to hear it!!!

[ANTIHIPPY102]

cool

[n0selfesteem]

Franz is cool, but too much of em makes me sick

[veriette]

franz rule i saw them not long ago...class:P

[ctb]

Cool. I like franz Ferdinand alot

[anti_tyler]

weird stuff

[EarthAD]

BLyon:
theyre original

theyre a ripoff of modest mouse in my opinion.

good band though. dark of the matinee is a cool song.

[The Leader]

A ripoff of MM? I don't hear much of a resemblance. A bit of culture clash, maybe? I like Franz, and I like how they incorporate artwork into their videos.

[rockinlewis]

hmm wonder if the bass player is better at singing than Alex Kapranos

[Hazelnut]

franz are class!

[Funkmaster45]

In no way shape or form is Franz Ferdinand ANYTHING LIKE Modest Mouse, except that they both became popular in the same year. Modest Mouse is an amazing philosophical southern band who specialize in down-to-earth songs about life and death, while Franz is a good electronic rock-type thing type thing specializing in glitz and dance songs. Where is there any resemblance at all? Float on might be a smidge similar to Franz's style, but Modest Mouse doesn't have a song even remotely similar to that in their entire repertoire.

[chaospunxunite]

sorry, i think franz ferdinand is so much better than modest mouse. FF has more political themes to it, and MM is more emo and pop.

[stumaster18]

lol didnt FF come out before MM? oh well, FF is wayyy better and have way better songs. I'm looking forward to the next album. Has anyone else noticed the rather homosexual lyrics in MIchael?

[roo6339]

first album was pretty annoying... some cool songs though... this album is a rush job in my opinion... it won't be any good.

[Blood_Covered]

I think itll be alright, but dont even compare MM and FF, even though im not a fan of either, FF still rules over MM anyday.

[Funkmaster45]

lol didnt FF come out before MM?

Haha, Modest Mouse released their first major recording in 1994, FF became a band in late 2001. You're almost 7 years off. As for MM being emo...uhm. No. If we even have to deign to putting two bands who transcend genres into solid categories, Franz and the Mouse can both be considered pop since they're both...duh...popular now. Classifying them as pop though...I don't know, the vast majority of MM's older songs would never even be considered to be put on the radio and 2/3 of Good News isn't radio friendly. I'd say Franz has a lot more poppy songs than MM.

[Ender605]

Yea it's really pissing me off how many stupid people there are who say that Modest Mouse and Franz Ferdinand are the same band when they haven't even heard anything beyond Mouse's new material.

[Stringed_Out]

This is gonan be intersting from Franz. I just hope that the songs wont sicken me as fast as tehir first album did. They are cool...but not that cool.

[X-Y-U]

thesums4eva:
ya man they rock!!!
[POSTED: 10 January 2005 - 08:53]|
alienfingersCR:
yeah sure, they pop!
[POSTED: 10 January 2005 - 09:36]|

haha, that made me laugh out loud

[Diceman42]

oh great another franz ferdinand record...

HAHAH.
Will someone please repeat history on this band?

[howaceisjoe]

FF rule and theyve bin around longer than MM any way so there not actually a rip off

nob

[bass tron]

Cool I can't wait the debut was one of the best albums of last year along with Interpol's Antics

[buckethead101]

how could you people stand on this music??yeah i like the dark of a matinee coz of that funky strumming style.

[Kendawg4TooL]

howaceisjoe:
FF rule and theyve bin around longer than MM any way so there not actually a rip off

nob

Did you not read anything above!? MM has been on the scene way longer that FF. Only one idiot accused them of being a rip off because he doesn't know anything about either bands. There's no need to contradict the trush just to prove him wrong. Thats like saying Breaking Benjamin has been around longer than KoRn.

[Kendawg4TooL]

truth*

[pAwi]

yeah... bassists can sing!

[pAwi]

yeah... bassists can sing!

[pAwi]

yeah... bassists can sing!

[pAwi]

yeah... bassists can sing!

[Avi912]

ok sum of their songs are catchy but overall they are one of the most annoying bands i have ever heard and their drummer has to be one of the worst drummers ever - partly because is drum kit is so small and s**t

[gibsonsg6161]

stumaster18
Has anyone else noticed the rather homosexual lyrics in MIchael?
[POSTED: 10 January 2005 - 16:52]|
^
yeah that confused me a little bit, "im sexy, so come and dance with me micheal" hmmmm. franz is a decent band though

yeah

[gibsonsg6161]

and Avi912 is right about the drummer, but he does the best he can with a three piece set

[Dan Lyons]

Franz ferdinand and modest mouse both kick major ass and are vary creepy and weird in their own way.

[ridcullylives]

The "homosexual" lyrics in michael are there because the lead singer is gay/bi.

I don't mean that in like "dude that's so gay"...I mean he actually is gay.