Tonight starts off with promise as it's soon-to-be indie anthem Ulysses provides the sort of dance-floor filler the Glaswegian quartet are best known for. But from then on in the album sharply descends into 'rock 'n' roll by numbers'. No You Girls gives their tormented teenage fans a chance to chant, 'girls you never know' at their underage muses, while the 8-minute-long Lucid Dreams has more electro beats than you can shake your rhythm stick at. But the end result feels so tight and rigid you're left gasping air.  

Luckily for Franz Ferdinand Tonight ends with a bang, well – a fizzle. The electric lullaby which is Dream Again is a haunting, yet optimistic tune while Katherine Kiss Me has the same quirky storytelling charm of an early Divine Comedy song.

The problem lies in trying to please their fans and try something new at the same time, because they succeed in doing neither. Petrified their success is on the slide the boys have opted to take the safe road. If only Franz Ferdinand had the nerve to be fearless, Tonight could have been the hedonistic chemical-surge they dreamt it would be.

Jenni Day