Deerhoof Tour Dates 2005


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Deerhoof Tour Dates 2005

Deerhoof Tour Dates 2005

There’s a Scottish proverb that says “Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.” If that’s the case, then Scotland’s reigning art-rock darlings Franz Ferdinand have been using Tonight for some time now.

Tonight (Sony) is the title of their latest album, released earlier this year. It's a patchwork quilt of a disc, with singer Alex Kapranos singing about heading out on the town, drinking, getting wasted, hooking up and dealing with the consequences come the morning.

Compared to their last, awkward, poppy album You Could Have it So Much Better (2005), Tonight is a louche tapestry of crunchy old-skool synths, electro noodling, African rhythms, mad tempo changes and the kind of fun, pop-rock anthems that FF have as its trademark. Listen to lead-off single “Ulysses” and the rollicking “La la la la la” chorus will burn itself into your brain forever.

As much of a mishmash the album is, though, one thing is clear: tonight, Franz Ferdinand want listeners to shake their collective ass.

Interview with Franz Ferdinand Bassist Bob Hardy

Suite101.com caught up for a Q&A with bassist Bob Hardy in St. Louis, Missouri - stop three on a million-night tour that takes the band around the globe first as Green Day’s opening act, for solo shows in Canada and the US, then back to the UK and Scotland by Christmas. So far, says Hardy, so good.

“It’s kind of a change of pace for us. We’ve done all sorts of festival dates in the UK and Europe, and now we’re doing 30 minutes, then Green Day are on, which is kind of enjoyable, really. You know, packing it all in, BAM BAM BAM and then you’re off ...and then we help do Green Day’s make up,” he says, chuckling down the line.

Touring Tonight

But isn’t it weird promoting an album that you started writing three years ago and which was released eight months ago?