Franz Ferdinand
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Rating: Grrrr
I will admit that I have taken Franz Ferdinand for granted. After their brilliant debut and their solid, if not slightly similar, sophomore record You Could Have It So Much Better, I tossed them off as another band that would fail to live up to their earlier work. With third album Tonight, it felt as if the band was slightly on auto-pilot, and really only showed true innovation on the bonus reworking of the album, Blood, which featured dub reimaginings of the Tonight tracks. And in the past four year since that record, I honestly forgot about them until they sneakily came out with a trailer and preview track from their latest album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. Essentially, it is a back to basics record for the band. Coming in at a tight 35:00 minute run time, it never out stays its welcome and is full of bright hooks and effortless wordplay. There is nothing here in the way of experimenting or drawing outside the lines for the band but, as I have mentioned in past reviews, sometimes playing to your strengths is the right thing to do.
First singles "Right Action" and "Love Illumination" are
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