“The idea is for it to be an artistic statement rather than just a straightforward run through of our singles,” Alex explains. Hits To The Head also takes cues from professional bed messer-upper Tracey Emin. “As well as making them go, ‘I remember jumping around to that in Whelan’s or the Olympia’, I hope Hits To The Head leaves people hungry for the next chapter.” “ Greatest hits albums are often a ‘That’s all, folks!’ whereas we wanted ours to be a ‘Here’s what we’ve done in the past and here’s where we might be heading in the future…’, like ChangesOneBowie was when it came out in 1976 in-between Station To Station and Low,” Alex cheerily reflects. While my waistline has expanded as quickly as my hairline has receded, Alex is still whippet thin, folically unchallenged and proud part-owner of Franz Ferdinand: Hits To The Head, which underlines just how comprehensively his band has delivered on its promise to make music for girls (and boys) to dance to.įrom angular art-pop start (‘Darts Of Pleasure’) to rousing terrace-chant finish (‘Billy Goodbye’), it’s proof of a rock ‘n’ roll life extremely well-spent and not in any danger of ending yet. It has to be said that the past 20 years have been far kinder to Alex Kapranos than they have to yours truly.
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