{"id":29,"date":"2019-11-22T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preflight.laney.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:21:40","slug":"welcome-on-board-dino-bardot-of-franz-ferdinand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/welcome-on-board-dino-bardot-of-franz-ferdinand\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome on board Dino Bardot of Franz Ferdinand!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s safe to say that Franz Ferdinand are not the band they were in 2002. In 2018, there is a monumental gulf between the sharp-suited, fresh-faced band that released\u00a0Take Me Out<\/em>\u00a0in 2004 \u2013 and not just sartorially. Musically, their fifth album is as recklessly experimental as anything they\u2019ve done before; in frontman Alex Kapranos\u2019s own words, both \u201cfuturistic and naturalistic\u201d, pushing things forward without resorting to computers, programming and studio trickery to fill in the gaps.<\/p>\n

Given that they\u2019re down one of their original members since 2013\u2019s\u00a0Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action<\/em>, you\u2019d assume that there is a gap to be plugged. Yet in many ways, the omission of founding member and guitarist Nick McCarthy, who departed in 2016 after 14 years, has refocused the Glaswegians and set them on a new course; the foot-stomping, serrated riffs and singalong anthems like\u00a0Take Me Out<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Do You Want To?<\/em>\u00a0are fewer and further between here.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the addition of two new members, meanwhile (guitarist\u00a0Dino Bardot<\/a>, formerly of Glasgow indie band The 1990s, along with producer Julian Corrie on keyboards) seems to have breathed new life into Kapranos and co; the post-punk sound that they made their name with in the mid-noughties is now replaced by a glitzy, synth-driven electro-pop vibe.Dino plays Laney Lionheart L20T-112.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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