| · Britain’s great white hype for 2004.
The U.K. music press has always been guilty of loving and leaving every second band with cocky attitude and a bag of Johnny Marr guitar licks.
Remember Melody Maker’s proclamation of Suede as the greatest British band of all time based on merely one single? On the cover of all the magazines one week, relegated to punch-line status on page 83 the next, where are the Ultrasounds, the Gay Dads and the Catatonias now? I heard they were all going to save music for all of us. What happened?
Proclaiming themselves "the new Scottish gentry," Glasgow’s Franz Ferdinand are just the latest in the long line of instant U.K. media darlings touted as the best thing since sliced bread. But this time, like every once in a while, there’s actually something here.
While the extra tracks may just be run-of-the-mill Brit-pop spruced up with svelte attitude, the disco krautrock of "Darts of Pleasure" itself not only warrants your rapt attention but also promises a debut album worth keeping one’s eyes open for. Unlimited bonus points for the final "Darts" singalong of, "Ich haisa Super-Fantastique!" – in at least this one case, Franz Ferdinand are allowed to be as cocky as they want.
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