Franz Ferdinand – “Huck And Jim”

What is there to say about Franz Ferdinand that hasn’t been said before? One of the best bands to come out of Glasgow and with their new album they could not have reaffirmed that statement any more.

A slacker rock ode to bands like Silver Jews, “Huck and Jim” discusses the political and cultural state of the US whilst drawing comparisons to the UK  in the past few years. Kicking off with a huge and infectious riff that sounds inherently American, the song draws the listener in before dropping out to slower, somewhat military-esque feeling verse where synthesizer and hi-hat dominate the sonic palette before jumping back into a huge guitar-driven chorus. The “icing on the cake” for this song is the key change in the last chorus, giving the song its last “hurrah!” before finishing on the line “Sipping bucky with the boys” ending the song on the lightest note imaginable.

This song provided a great start to 2018 for me musically with the overall felling from listening the song just being relaxing and fun. The song title also references my favourite book so I may be slightly biased (but only slightly, honest).

Check out the track here.