FFS is the collision of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, and "Johnny Delusional" is clearly the character everyone is playing in this literally circular tale where the nerded-out musicians imagine quality time with the pretty girls at the focus group (or whatever this meeting actually is).
Franz Ferdinand have revealed the new video to their new single, Stand On The Horizon , which is released through Domino.
Directed by Karan Kandhari , the director of the award winning film Bye Bye Miss Goodnight and more recently The Vaccines Melody Calling video, the stunningly shot video is based around a live performance in an old-fashioned club. Kandhari said of the video:
The Franz Ferdinand gang appear to be suffering with restless anxiety in anticipation of something to happen — perhaps they are criminals ready for the next stage of their plan to occur but have been struck with major ennui. Use your imaginations with this one.
One band (styled like The T-Birds from Rydell High) surrounded by cameras on a circular track, shot in b/w. Reminiscent of some of director Martin Weisz's older vids... Really, what more can be said?
Franz Ferdinand gets back to basics with director Jonas Odell — who directed the band's biggest hit, "Take Me Out," plus other videos that boasted mixed-media animation, like The Hours "Ali In The Jungle" and Rolling Stones "Plundered My Soul."
The vibe here has a sort of propaganda poster meets album-art vibe, similar to the classic Cornershop "Brimful Of Asha" clip.
