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Franz Ferdinand Announce New Album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’

The Scottish quartet are due to return this August with the release of their fourth album.

Franz Ferdinand Announce New Album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’

Franz Ferdinand have announced plans to release their brand new album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’.

The Scottish quartet are due to return to our ears this August with the release of their fourth album. Following on from 2009’s ‘Tonight’, they’ll release their newest full-length through Domino Records on 26th August.

Recorded over the last twelve months, this album has seen the band take in an array of different locations, including visits to frontman Alex Kapranos’ Scottish studio, Nick McCarthy’s Sausage Studios in London, Club Ralph as well as trips to Stockholm and Oslo.

The ten-track effort has a tracklisting that looks like this:

Right Action
Evil Eye
Love Illumination
Stand On The Horizon
Fresh Strawberries
Bullet
Treason! Animals.
The Universe Expanded
Brief Encounters
Goodbye Lovers & Friends

And you can check out the album trailer below.

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