So this team-up from Franz Ferdinand and Sparks has come out of nowhere, with all-in full band collabs not exactly as prevalent within the rock realm. But this works, and it’s pretty great. Johnny Delusional is a glorious pomp romp, the opulent chorus being the best thing Franz Ferdinand have done in *checks release date of their second LP* ten years? FFS, I’m getting old.
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