![]() ![]() ![]() Somehow we fucked that up and made the video that we did instead. It was going to be filmed as if it was a wake but you’re awake for the wake, walking around and being amongst everyone and at the end your friends all help you into your casket. The original idea for the video didn’t quite make it, it was supposed to be seen from the perspective of somebody who is wishing goodbye to their friends as they’re disappearing in the casket. There’s a lot of references to various films in the video and that kind of thing while bringing a bit of chaos into the world. ![]() We did the “Evil Eye” video, another one for “Feel The Love Go” and the first one we did was for “Do You Want To.” Diane is a really good friend of ours, we like hanging out with her because there’s always a good laugh. We made it with our friend Diane Martel and we’ve made a few videos with her actually. The experience of making the video was good. What would you say is the vision behind the song and what was the experience like making the music video for it? There are two new singles off of the compilation which are “Billy Goodbye” and “Curious.” “Billy Goodbye” is a great example of the upbeat vibe you just mentioned with the accompanying music video for it being shot in black & white as the band performs in the middle of a dance party along with various cutscenes. Once we started thinking about it like that it was pretty obvious which songs were going to go on it. I wanted it to be an upbeat album, an album that can lift your spirits, put you in a good mood and feel pretty celebratory. It’s kind of a combination, for the most part it’s the obvious songs that people know because they’ve heard them on the radio but for me the way I was thinking about it more than anything else was, If we were headlining a festival what are the songs we would play? What are the songs that really connect with people and also really get them going as well? Then there are other songs like “Outsiders” which was never actually a single but it’s always been a huge hit whenever we’ve played it live. There’s the obvious songs like “No You Girls” and “Take Me Out,” they both got a lot of play on the radio in various countries. I guess it depends on what you mean by a hit. Who had the idea to create and release Hits To The Head and how did you go about choosing the songs for it? Was it just looking to see which ones were most successful on the charts or did you go into the vault at all? I spoke ahead of the show with lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos about putting the compilation together, two new singles the band released with the record, having a bunch of different jobs, putting together abstract furniture, and figuring out how to release new material going forward. Local indie rock trio Vundabar will open up the show at 8pm. As part of the expedition, Franz Ferdinand will perform at the House Of Blues in Boston on August 15. This past April, they finally released their first standalone greatest hits compilation, Hits To The Head, and they’re currently on tour in support of it. Since that gem off of their self-titled debut was released, the band has put out four more studio albums, a couple of live records, seven EPs, and a bunch of other recordings. Photo by David Edwards “I feel at the moment that I have a massive backlog of stuff that I need to get out so yeah, I’m frustrated.”Įver since their breakout single, “Take Me Out,” hit MTV and the rotation at stations around the world in 2004, Glasgow’s Franz Ferdinand have been one of the premiere indie rock bands of the 21st Century. ![]()
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