The band’s first album in five years goes by the name Always Ascending and that couldn’t be further away from the truth because it actually marks a new low point in the discography of the influential British band. It’s better to split up before you become a shadow of your former self.Ī lot of bands manage to constantly grow with their career (if the industry let’s them) and become better and better with every release ( The National are a good example here) but what about those who launch their career with an epic impact and have to go on from that starting point? And yes, that brings us directly to Franz Ferdinand and their fifth full-length which arrives these days. Or in the case of many bands in the music history: When is the perfect time to let go? To call it a day and move on? ‘It’s better to burn out than to fade away’ as Neil Young once famously put it. My friend just shrugged and blamed it on my music nerdism but over the years I had that feeling over and over again with a few bands. ‘It’s because I wanted to protect the legacy’ I probably answered as I was pretty sure that you can’t keep such a level of quality up any longer. My friend faced me with a lack of understanding, asking me why I want one of my favourite bands to actually split up. About ten years ago I remember saying to a friend that now would be the best time for Interpol to split up, following three truly great and – especially to me – very important studio albums.
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