Franz Ferdinand Sparks Vinyl

Franz ferdinand push and challenge the maels and are pretty much equal partners here.

Franz ferdinand sparks vinyl.

100 12 inch outer sleeves 3 mil clear poly sleeve. Sparks is an american pop and rock band formed in los angeles in 1967 by brothers ron keyboards and russell mael vocals. After years of mostly synthetic orchestral music hearing sparks rocking with a tight band again is an absolute joy. New collaborative project from los angeles duo sparks glasgow based quartet franz ferdinand.

4 40 shipping. 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. Sparks the brothers ron and russell mael return to a rocking format in a true collaboration. Franz ferdinand sparks f f s double lp domino 2015 gatefold in shrink nm.

After the initial rumblings a decade ago sparks collaborative album with the popular scottish indie rock group franz ferdinand finally exists. We thought take me out was very cool. 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. 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.

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. Franz ferdinand sparks vinyl 2 lp. Their formation was announced on 9 march 2015 but the two bands had been recording since at least the mid 2000s.

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. 2lp set includes 4 bonus tracks. Ffs was a supergroup formed by scottish indie rock band franz ferdinand and american rock pop band sparks. Franz ferdinand sparks vinyl 2 lp.