Blog: Trust Me on This

Today marks the U.S. release of Franz Ferdinand's third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand , which was released yesterday in the UK. It's no secret that I'm a huge Franz Ferdinand fan, and the new Scottish gentry have never disappointed me. Tonight is a masterpiece of British postpunk, and marks another reinvention of FF's distinctive sound and signature danceable rock. A few brief comments, track-by-track: I'm actually a little surprised that "Ulysses" is the single and the centerpiece of the album - it's a strong song, but I would have selected "Lucid Dreams" [...]