![]() ![]() Whether he was singing or just talking to the audience, everything he said or did was very poetic and conversational. ![]() They may have been on The Rave's smaller stage, but he performed like he was in a sold out show at The Eagles Ballroom. Your eyes followed him wherever he went and you couldn’t help but be blown away. The audience's eyes were glued to the stage – refreshingly without a sea of cell phones in sight – just people genuinely enjoying and feeling entranced by Kapranos’ vocals and moves. He slid, glides and twirled around the stage so smoothly and made all his gestures so theatrical that you could just tell he was a natural born performer. Lead singer Alex Kapranos personified David Bowie with his flamboyance, his spiky blonde hair and his androgynous aura, combined with the confidence of Billy Mack from "Love Actually," entertaining and conversing the whole night, stealing the entire show from the moment the music began. Most of their set embodied the ‘80s: bright colored lights, a smoky stage lighting only the profile of some of their faces, mullets and more. Right from the first beat of "Always Ascending," the title track of their latest album, the band was ready to groove. You could barely hear the band's opening statements upon taking the stage – a set featuring Franz Ferdinand spelled out in big colorful letters, surrounded by shooting stars – because the crowd was screaming so much out of pure joy. Would that mark the end of Franz Ferdinand? But then, in late 2017, they finally announced a new band lineup, a new single, new album and some tour dates – and lucky for those in Milwaukee, The Rave was one of the stops, the group's first time taking its stage since 2009. The band released a few albums of still high quality but lesser fame rock hits, then joined forces with Sparks in 2015 to create a supergroup called FFS, with little idea of where the original crew was headed next. With its catchy guitar chords and easy to sing-along lyrics, the song made Franz Ferdinand famous. But over a decade later, you might have wondered what happened to them. Back in 2004, whether you caught it in a commercial, on the radio or in your earbuds, the long iconic guitar strum and the opening lyrics's cry of "So if you’re lonely … ," Franz Ferdinand’s "Take Me Out" was everywhere. ![]()
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