Video: Ulysses - Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand have announced two Irish dates in Dublin on Sunday 1st March and Limerick on Saturday 28th February. Tickets are on sale at all usual Ticketmaster outlets from 9:30 am this Friday, 12 December. Franz Ferdinand return in January with their third album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. The lead single 'Ulysses' precedes the LP with its own release on January 16th. TICKET INFORMATION Tickets for this highly anticipated intimate date at the Olympia Theatre are priced €32.50 incl. booking fee In person: from 100 Ticketmaster outlets [...]

From sordid tales in the "dark of the matinée" to skinny ties as sharp as their cheekbones, Scottish four-piece Franz Ferdinand emit a certain sexiness that belie their pasty skin and crooked dention... New cut "Ulysses" ensures the trend continues, infusing their trademark guitar jangle with a heavier reliance on synthesizers (as if they could get any dancier)."C'mon lets get high" Kapranos croons with the youthful exuberance of a hedonistic teenager and for 3 minutes, that's just what I become. It's all familiar territory - sex, drugs, and rock and roll soundtracked by sprightly guitars, pulsating [...]