For their third album, Glasgow rockers Franz Ferdinand have come up with something new and very retro. Showing a range of influences, including dub reggae and electronica, the band has certainly lived up to their stated aim of ‘making a dance record’.

Lead singer Alex Kapranos’s voice is well suited to this style, with a couple of tracks reminiscent of eighties pop icons the Human League, among others. Opening track 'Ulysses' gets proceedings off to a pumping start, and this momentum continues through the rest of the album. All up, this is an interesting departure for a band steadily gaining stature.