The genius of the band's excellent self-titled debut was that it pulled back the overheated tempos that often rendered fellow new wave revivalists like Bloc Party and Hot Hot Heat a hyper-active blur. 

 The genius of the band's excellent self-titled debut was that it pulled back the overheated tempos that often rendered fellow new wave revivalists like Bloc Party and Hot Hot Heat a hyper-active blur. 

 Unlike so many hot, young British bands in the 2000s, Franz didn't fall into the trap of following a great debut with a disc that prematurely tried to show that all the frothy fun was just a platform for seasoned sonic impressionism.  

 Unlike so many hot, young British bands in the 2000s, Franz didn't fall into the trap of following a great debut with a disc that prematurely tried to show that all the frothy fun was just a platform for seasoned sonic impressionism.  

 The band went further outside the punk template on Tonight, letting synths muscle out guitars, finessing the baselines and glossing up the grooves. The result is a weird, woozy disc that gets inside the mind of a rake on the Saturday night prowl. 

 The band went further outside the punk template on Tonight, letting synths muscle out guitars, finessing the baselines and glossing up the grooves. The result is a weird, woozy disc that gets inside the mind of a rake on the Saturday night prowl.