Franz Ferdinand: The Fallen

Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen

Review by John Brainlove

I remember when Franz Ferdinand's second album dropped through the mailbox - I put it straight on and was happily run through by the dashing, rapier sharp opener 'The Fallen'. The opening gambit is a rakish lead section that charges into a duelling twin guitar line, the two melodies jousting and intertwining insouciantly.»