On 16 May 2013, Franz Ferdinand officially announced their fourth album, titled Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action , along with cover art, track listing and a release date of 26 August 2013.
Delta Machine spawned two further singles, ” Soothe My Soul ” on 6 May
A third single from Arc – “Duet” – was released on 25 March 2013 on 7″ vinyl.
The release date in the UK was pushed back to 18 March 2013 (17 March 2013 on iTunes). The physical release still bore the Mute Records logo, even though the band have now severed ties with their long-standing label. Fletcher mentioned in an interview this was due to their “devotion”…
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In early March they performed ” Evil Eye ” and ” Love Illumination “
while the end of the month saw the live premiere of “Goodbye Lovers & Friends”.
In March, the band announced North American dates to their Delta Machine Tour , starting 22 August from Detroit and ending 8 October in Phoenix .
” Heaven “, the debut single from Delta Machine was released commercially on Friday 1 February 2013 (although not in the UK).
On 24 January 2013, it was confirmed that the album was titled Delta Machine .
The band announced on January 18, 2013, that they were selling the church they had been using as a studio due to a collapsed roof.