FFS FFS SKU: WIGLP349 Barcode: 887828034918 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Domino Released Date: 3rd June 2015 Buying Format: 2LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 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. The seed of FFS was sown around the time of Franz’s debut album when word got back to the Maels that the band were big Sparks fans. “We thought ‘Take Me Out’ was very cool, and wouldn’t it be nice to say hello when they came to Los Angeles?” recalls Russell Mael. “We met and decided then it would be great to do something together. We put forward a couple demos, one was ‘Piss Off’. But they got swept up by everything, and it didn’t happen at that time.” Fast-forward to 2013 when both Sparks and Franz Ferdinand appeared at Coachella. On the day of Sparks’ warm-up show in San Francisco, Kapranos was in the city trying to locate a dentist when he heard a voice behind him: “‘Alex, is that you?’ It was Ron and Russell. They invited us down to see them play that night. We said hello after, and everyone agreed that the 10-year gestation period for this idea was long enough – we should try and make it happen now.” ‘FFS’ was recorded during an intense 15-day period in late 2014. “We approached it the way bands do with their first record,” says Kapranos. “We had the songs first, rehearsed them and then recorded it all together, in a room. So no hanging around or fannying about.” Very much a ‘new’ project, ‘FFS’ doesn’t truly sound like either band but a striking and fascinating mutation. “The real motivation was to make something new, not ‘Franz featuring Russell Mael’, or ‘Sparks with Franz Ferdinand backing them,” says Alex Kapranos. “You can’t chart what is Sparks and what is Franz Ferdinand,” suggests Ron Mael. “I think each band unconsciously relinquished a little of who they were in order to enter new territory.” Deluxe card wallet 2CD and double LP editions feature bonus tracks ‘So Many Bridges’, ‘King Of The Song’, ‘Look At Me’ and ‘A Violent Death’. Heavyweight double vinyl formats include download code. Deluxe special edition 2LP features red coloured vinyl and is available exclusively to independent retailers. Artist FFS Genre Rock And Pop Label Domino Buying Options 2LP Includes Download Code Format 2LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 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 Bonus Tracks So Many Bridges King Of The Song Look At Me A Violent Death Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Ian Brown Ripples – Indies Only Rock And Pop | UMC | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 30th January 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ian Brown Ripples – Indies Only £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: VX3216 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 30th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Celine Dion Courage Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th February 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Celine Dion Courage £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075952481 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fleur De Lys, The You’ve Got To Earn It Rock And Pop | Acid Jazz | 1LP Released 10th April 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fleur De Lys, The You’ve Got To Earn It £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Acid Jazz SKU: AJXLP324 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th April 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dream Syndicate, The Live Through the Past, Darkly Rock And Pop | Label 51 | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes DVD Released 8th March 2024 £28.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Dream Syndicate, The Live Through the Past, Darkly £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Label 51 SKU: LAB51007 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes DVD Released Date: 8th March 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams Aporia Rock And Pop | Asthmatic Kitty Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th March 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams Aporia £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records SKU: AKR137LP-C1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Σtella Up and Away Rock And Pop | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 17th June 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Σtella Up and Away £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1483 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 17th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Benny Sings City Pop Rock And Pop | Stones Throw | 1LP Released 22nd February 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Benny Sings City Pop £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Stones Throw SKU: STH2403LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Diagrams Lifetime of Love Rock And Pop | Sonic Cathedral | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th June 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Diagrams Lifetime of Love £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sonic Cathedral SKU: SCR125LP Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Amor De Dias The House at Sea Rock And Pop | Merge | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 15th February 2013 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Amor De Dias The House at Sea £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge SKU: MRG467LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View J. 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