Franz Ferdinand & Sparks Release Collaborative Album
So, what happens when two very distinct bands with their hands in the pop, electronic, dance and rock spheres decide to start recording together?
They release an album like the eponymous FFS, which abbreviates the names of each of the bands involved: Glasgow-based Franz Ferdinand (formed in the early 2000s) and the American sibling duo Sparks (formed in 1971).
With Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand providing the bass, the record was recorded in just 15 days in 2014, although the groups had connected around a decade earlier after Sparks learned Franz Ferdinand were fans of theirs, and even produced a demo for what would become one of the album’s songs back then.
The combination creates some interesting results, like “Call Girl” (first video) and “Johnny Delusional” (second video):
There’s even a song on the record with the presumably tongue-in-cheek title of “Collaborations Don’t Work.”
FFS is available on CD, vinyl and as a digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).
FFS Track List:
- Johnny Delusional
- Call Girl
- Dictator’s Son
- Little Guy From The Suburbs
- Police Encounters
- Save Me From Myself
- So Desu Ne
- The Man Without A Tan
- Things I Won’t Get
- The Power Couple
- Collaborations Don’t Work
- Piss Off
- So Many Bridges
- King Of The Song
- Look At Me
- A Violent Death