Franz Ferdinand
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
2009, Domino/Epic
indie rock, dance-punk
½
Here’s a lesson for you, kids: two decent songs do NOT a good album make. It seems Franz Ferdinand has yet to learn this lesson, as Tonight sounds just like their other two albums. If you believe the end justifies the means, then it probably doesn’t matter to you that this album was obviously just a way for them to ensure a paycheck. But as a consumer and an amateur critic (oh please, I ain’t big enough to drop the ‘amateur’… yet), I’m highly disappointed. If I wanted dance from a supposedly indie alt rock band, I’d be listening to Muse with the rest of the Twilight Nation. In fact, Muse at least had the sense to be so overtly dramatic that they would be impossible to resist – Franz Ferdinand just brings back memories of their first hit in “Ulysses” and “No You Girls,” creeps me out with “Dream Again,” and then puts me to sleep with the rest. It’s a catchy album but not worth your money or your time.
“Ulysses,” “No You Girls.”
myspace, last.fm
AFI’s decemberunderground, The Cinematics’s A Strange Education
