{"id":35669,"date":"2015-07-16T23:34:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T04:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=35669"},"modified":"2016-02-24T02:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T08:01:34","slug":"ffs-ffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/07\/16\/ffs-ffs\/","title":{"rendered":"FFS: FFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FFS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37919\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FFS.jpg\" alt=\"FFS\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FFS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FFS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FFS-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a>From Glasgow to Los Angeles, or the other way around, FFS has crafted a delightfully unique blend of whimsical pop and punchy, dance rock that serves up the best the two bands have to offer.<\/p>\n<p><em>FFS<\/em>\u00a0is the debut self-titled album and first collaborative work released from a band that came together when members of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand eventually merged with tenured American rock band Sparks after the two groups had habitually played together and been friends since the mid-2000s. Sparks got their start in 1971 in Los Angeles and after losing attention throughout the &#8217;80s, regained hold of their career with their 2002 release,\u00a0<em>Lil\u2019 Beethoven.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Franz Ferdinand released their debut self-titled in 2004, also on Domino Records. The two bands first thought about working together following the band\u2019s 2004 album. Eventually, Ron Mael of Sparks sent the band a song called \u201cPiss Off\u201d which ended up as the last track of <em>FFS. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The record is undoubtedly a blend of the two groups with the unmistakable voice of Franz Ferdinand front man Alex Kapronos present throughout. Sparks, however, wins out ownership of the album stylistically. <em>FFS<\/em> does often, inevitably, blur the lines of musical input between the two groups &#8211; particularly in the track \u201cCollaborations Don\u2019t Work\u201d where creative control seemingly jumps back and forth between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Tracks like \u201cSave Me From Myself\u201d and \u201cPiss Off\u201d channel the quirky, theatrical elements Sparks brings where edgier, rock ballads like \u201cThe Man Without a Tan\u201d and \u201cSo Desu Ne\u201d could fit right in with Franz Ferdinand\u2019s earlier repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>Further releases from the group are likely but for now, they are staying busy on the album\u2019s preliminary tour through Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended If You Like: Franz Ferdinand, Sparks, The Strokes, Spoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Tracks: 3, 1, 8, 6, 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Not Play: None<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed by Harrison Hipp on 07\/15\/15 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FFS is undoubtedly a blend of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks with the unmistakable voice of Alex Kapronos present throughout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1602,"featured_media":37920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[3301,3302,2639,3303],"class_list":["post-35669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-ffs","tag-franz-ferdinand","tag-harrison-hipp","tag-sparks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FFS1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}