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Franz Ferdinand Beat the Fourth-Album Curse: Frontman Alex Kapranos says 'at that point a lot of people are going, Why are you still here?'

How Alex Kapranos wrote a hit during “the most difficult and testing period to be in a band.”

Despite being critical darlings of the 2000s post-punk scene, Alex Kapranos once found himself dreading an inevitable milestone with his band, Franz Ferdinand: their fourth album.“At that point a lot of people are going, ‘Why are you still here? Several years had gone by since the group’s last record, the more experimental Tonight, and Kapranos was on the hunt for inspiration that might work for a compelling single to kick off the next cycle. Such a lucky — and perhaps a little dusty — flea find illustrates Kapranos’s belief that the greatest song inspiration can come from the most mundane things in life.

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