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August 11, 2008

New Franz Ferdinand - "Lucid Dreams"

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Glastonbury '08 didn't just give us this cute little Oasis/Jay-Z feud -- it's where Kapranos & Co. delivered "Katherine Kiss Me," a first full-song glimpse at what Franz Ferdinand 3.0 might sound like (i.e. like Franz Ferdinand 1.0). That was live, however, and "Lucid Dreams" comes as a streaming studio cut at franzferdinand.co.uk. So, this is the first studio glimpse of what FF v3.0 will sound like. (Franz want your email in exchange for the listen.)

Not bad, the boys still want you to dance and this doesn't sound like an outright retread of a previous single or anything. Still curious to see if there's anything to that "we're going to lose the electric guitars and play synth" stuff, though.

[Photo from Bonnaroo '07]

Posted at 4:09 PM by amrit
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Glastonbury also gave us the best live Verve set I've ever seen.

Posted by: Christina at 08/11/08 5:17 PM  | Reply
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I like it.

Posted by: michelle profile link at 08/11/08 6:03 PM  | Reply
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I want to own this song.

Posted by: Dommy profile link at 08/11/08 6:48 PM  | Reply
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it won't work for me, sadness :(

Posted by: Bob at 08/11/08 7:10 PM  | Reply
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didn't work for me either, but it's posted on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_hmYsiUaA

Posted by: ben profile link  in reply to Bob's comment at 08/12/08 10:30 AM  | Reply
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Yeah, not working for me either.

Posted by: Ray at 08/11/08 8:38 PM  | Reply
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It works here at their site
http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/lucid-dreams/index.html

Posted by: Emily profile link at 08/11/08 9:26 PM  | Reply
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Well.... that wasn't good. It wasn't that they didn't expand on the franz ferdinand sound. They didn't even live up to their previous sound. It doesn't help that it is lyrically terrible. And Alex even has access to the Friedbergers for advice!!!

Posted by: Jack at 08/11/08 10:41 PM  | Reply
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yes loved it.
he does seem to make good songs.
ha, take that garfunkel!

Posted by: ian g at 08/12/08 12:08 AM  | Reply
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omg this song!

Posted by: bookwibble at 08/12/08 12:10 AM  | Reply
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