For the Glaswegian indie stalwarts, reflecting on their past has only ever been a means of shaping their future

It’s 21 years since Franz Ferdinand helped propel indie into the British mainstream with their single Take Me Out. Yet, while the Glasgow group were always easy to admire, they were hard to truly love, lacking the sweaty warmth that emanated from their more chaotic peers. Two decades on, their sixth album finds them still with the same problem: it’s a collection of coolly masterful tracks that tend to feel clever rather than endearing…

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