The product of a unique collaboration between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, ‘FFS’ was produced by Grammy Award winner John Congleton (St Vincent, David Byrne, Anna Calvi) and recorded at London’s RAK Studios.

“We thought Take Me Out was very cool, and wouldn’t it be nice to say hello when they came to Los Angeles?” recalls Sparks’ Russell Mael.

“We met and decided then it would be great to do something together, but they got swept up by everything, and it didn’t happen at that time.”

Fast-forward the best part of a decade, however, and a chance meeting at Coachella 2013 finally saw the long-mooted project come to gestation.

“We approached it the way bands do with their first record,” explains Franz frontman Alex Kapranos.

“We had the songs first, rehearsed them and then recorded it all together, in a room - so no hanging around or fannying about.”

“The real motivation was to make something new, not ‘Franz featuring Russell Mael’, or ‘Sparks with Franz Ferdinand backing them.”

As well as the album itself, this red vinyl LP features four bonus tracks recorded during the same sessions.

It’s a limited edition, and is only being sold through independent retailers, so don’t hang around!

EXCLUSIVE to independent retailers.

Red vinyl.

Double-LP.

Features four bonus tracks.

Includes digital download.

Also available on CD, Deluxe CD and standard LP.

Tracklist:

Johnny Delusional   

Call Girl   

Dictator’s Son   

Little Guy From The Suburbs   

Police Encounters   

Save Me From Myself   

So Desu Ne   

The Man Without A Tan   

Things I Won’t Get   

The Power Couple   

Collaborations Don’t Work   

Piss Off

So Many Bridges   

King Of The Song   

Look At Me   

A Violent Death

Barcode: 0887828034932         

Catalogue Number: WIGLP349X              

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