Franz Ferdinand play new songs in New York, reveal album title

The Scottish group debuted two new songs during their October 8th gig at Brooklyn’s Music Hall. The two songs were called “Ride Together” and “Ulysses”. According to Billboard, the new material see’s the band going in a new direction – with the band replacing their usual sound for “funked-out basslines and R&B-like breakdowns.”

At the show, lead Singer Alex Kapranos said the new album is called Tonight and will be released January, 2009.

Via Billboard

Other confirmed tracks off the album are:

“Bite Hard”
“Katharine Kiss Me”
“Turn It On”
“What She Came For”
“Lucid Dreams”

-Brent K.