Franz Ferdinand's New Sound

Apparently, Franz Ferdinand are working towards a new direction with their upcoming album. The band recently played a low-key show in their native Glasgow showcasing new material with a keyboard-led motif, according to NME.Speaking about the new songs, guitarist Paul Thomson said it was "synth-led, we've gone crazy buying old synths... We played Nashville recently and all the synths short circuited in the heat, we had to play a greatest hits set instead. But everybody was still smiling".He added: "We've been recording demos rehearsing, writing. It's going well, it was good to have breather and not impose deadlines on ourselves...the songs are evolving quite nicely."The band have a new song, 'Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow', on the 'Hallam Foe' soundtrack, which will be released on August 16, reports BBC 6 Music.The group has a new album which is slated for a spring 2008."NME":NM[NM]http://www.nme.com/news/29710