Franz Ferdinand Always Ascending
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hadeserbonfa
February 21st 2018


320 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Weakest release I've heard this year and their weakest album also

polyrhythm
February 21st 2018


2599 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I think they got more refined with every album, up until this one. Very ironic title

Papa Universe
February 21st 2018


22503 Comments


It's a there-and-back kind of situation, I suppose.

polyrhythm
February 21st 2018


2599 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

The debut was a solid dance rock album, brimming with hype and promise.

The sophomore felt a little rushed, but saw them expand their sound and add new flavours. A darker and sexier sound came to the fore.

Tonight was the barnstorming variety show, full of glitz and glam and heartache. You had the height of the party, and the loneliness of the drunk lying in the residue at dawn. Some of their best choruses, and weirdest soundscapes.

Right Thoughts is where all of their ideas up until that point got crystallised in ten slick, breezy tracks. Not as substantial as Tonight, but nimble and wonderfully presented.

This... I'm not 100% sure what this is. Some odes to LCD Soundsystem, and what sound like some unfinished Right Thoughts b-sides. The 3 I've given is probably too generous :/

bloc
February 21st 2018


70118 Comments


Debut is a modern classic

MUNGOLOID
March 21st 2018


4551 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Surprised how good this turned out to be. Best work since their second album.



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