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INDIE LABEL TO PUT “FULL MARKETING WEIGHT” BEHIND FRANZ AS MONKEYS RETURN
Domino brings out its big guns D
LABELS BY TIM INGHAM
omino is set for one of the biggest quarters in its history as it readies a
new album from indie giants Franz Ferdinand - on which it believes it’s already identified four singles.
Right Thoughts, Right
Words, Right Action is the Scottish band’s fourth studio album and will be released in late August, four-and-a-half years after their last LP, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which reached No.2 on the UK Official Albums Chart and went Top 10 on the US Billboard 200. Franz’s second album, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005) topped the UK album chart and also went Top 10 in the US. Their Mercury Prize- winning, self-titled debut LP hit No.3 in the UK, and has sold more than a million copies on each side of the Atlantic. “Franz are an albums and singles band - we have at least four singles on this album to keep us busy well into the end of 2014,” senior project manager at Domino, Bart McDonagh (pictured) told Music Week. “Expectations are always high: we have sold many millions of albums by Franz already and we plan to sell some more… They are one of this country’s
“Franz Ferdinand are one of this country’s best-loved acts of the last few years, and we plan to make sure everyone hears the new record” BART MCDONAGH, DOMINO
best-loved and most significant acts of the last few years, and we plan to make sure everyone hears the new record. “They are also a massive
international band so there is a huge worldwide plot to maximise that side of things. We are feeling really good about it, and can’t wait for people to hear the music.” The new album has been
recorded in frontman Alex Kapranos’ Scottish studio and guitarist Nick McCarthy’s
Sausage Studios in London, as well as sessions in Stockholm and Oslo. Collaborators on the LP include Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Bjorn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John, producer for Robyn, Lykke Li, Sarah Blasko) and Norwegian disco king Todd Terje. “This album is alive, fresh
and exciting,” added McDonagh. “Right Thoughts... is full of vitality, by a band untroubled by weight of expectation - they are people totally excited by
being in a band together and the music they’re making. “The album has Alex
[Kapranos]’s strongest lyrics yet, and the tunes are pretty incredible too. The band have drawn upon their collective sonic expertise whilst still retaining their own trademark sound. “This could only be a Franz
Ferdinand record, it’s accessible and uplifting, intelligent and immediate… and you can dance to it.”
He added: “As befits a
premier league band we’ll be putting our full marketing weight behind the album. Having already launched the it with a digital and country-wide outdoor campaign, the plan will involve print, online, outdoor and TV
A month after Right Thoughts… is released, Domino will issue the new album by its other biggest act, Arctic Monkeys. The band’s fifth album, AM, will be issued on September 9. AM was produced by James Ford and co-produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording, LA and Rancho De La Luna, Joshua Tree. Guest appearances come
courtesy of Josh Homme, Pete Thomas and Bill Ryder- Jones - as well as the words of John Cooper Clarke on track I Wanna Be Yours. It’s the group’s first album
since 2011’s Suck It And See, which was a UK No.1 and reached No.14 on the Billboard 200 in the US.
advertising. We’ve a lot of interesting tricks in our hand.” “It’s actually going to be a
very fun-filled campaign. The band are in a very playful mood which is very inspiring.”
Radiomonitor details new EU airplay chart as it signs special Music Week deal
Radiomonitor has revealed details of a new benchmark 1,000 station European airplay chart, as it signs an important new deal with Music Week for the provision of pan-European airplay data and extensive airplay charts.
Announcing what it calls “the most comprehensive and wide-ranging European airplay chart ever published”, Radiomonitor will, from
August, supply Music Week with country-by-country charts, regional charts i.e. Nordic and Benelux, as well as a new benchmark 1,000+ station pan-European airplay chart. The news comes a month
after Nielsen announced that it would be closing its European airplay monitoring service on August 31, bringing to an end its weekly music TV and radio
charts in the territories, which have traditionally been printed in Music Week. The new Radiomonitor
European Chart will be based on the music played on over 1,000 radio and TV channels in over 25 countries. A weekly, quarterly and annual chart will be published in Music Week, as well as being available online. Radiomonitor subscribers will also be able to access daily
updated versions, with year-to-date, rolling year and rolling week calculations. Ray Bonici of Radiomonitor
said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been chosen by the hugely respected industry bible, that is Music Week, as their supplier of comprehensive UK and pan-European airplay data.” Dave Roberts, publisher of
Music Week said: “We’re delighted to have agreed this
hugely important deal with the good people at Radiomonitor. “These charts will be both a marker of the popularity of released tracks, and a window onto tomorrow’s hit records. “We’re very pleased to announce this partnership ahead of other exciting chart additions to Music Week, as we strive to reflect the increasing diversity of music consumption and revenue generation.”
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