Franz Ferdinand Sparks Vinyl

100 12 inch outer sleeves 3 mil clear poly sleeve.

Franz ferdinand sparks vinyl.

After the initial rumblings a decade ago sparks collaborative album with the popular scottish indie rock group franz ferdinand finally exists. Franz ferdinand push and challenge the maels and are pretty much equal partners here. Franz ferdinand leader alex kapranos was born in 1972 when the maels were already a couple of albums into the career of a band that began as half nelson and was later renamed sparks. Sparks is an american pop and rock band formed in los angeles in 1967 by brothers ron keyboards and russell mael vocals.

Franz ferdinand sparks vinyl 2 lp. Collaborations don t work or that s what ffs would have us believe on their debut album. The product of a unique collaboration between franz ferdinand and sparks ffs was produced nby grammy award winner john congleton st vincent david byrne anna calvi and recorded at london s rak studios. Known for their quirky approach to songwriting sparks music is often accompanied by sophisticated and acerbic lyrics often about women or shakespearean literature references and an idiosyncratic theatrical stage presence typified in the contrast between russell s.

The seed of ffs was sown around the time of franz s debut album when word got back to the maels that the band were big sparks fans. Franz ferdinand sparks vinyl 2 lp. Franz ferdinand always ascending new vinyl lp 21 92. Franz ferdinand sparks f f s double lp domino 2015 gatefold in shrink nm.

We thought take me out was very cool. After years of mostly synthetic orchestral music hearing sparks rocking with a tight band again is an absolute joy. 2lp set includes 4 bonus tracks. Sparks are rocking again with a band worthy of their talents and these songs clearly reflect the collaborative spirit sometimes missing in latter day sparks albums.

Their formation was announced on 9 march 2015 but the two bands had been recording since at least the mid 2000s. The group s eponymous debut studio album was recorded in late 2014 and released through the domino recording company in the uk on 8 june and in the us on 9 june 2015. Ffs an abbreviation of franz ferdinand and sparks is a supergroup consisting of the members of the aforementioned bands signed to the domino recording company their formation was announced on 9 march 2015 but the two bands had been recording since at least the mid 2000s. New collaborative project from los angeles duo sparks glasgow based quartet franz ferdinand.