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
Paramore was officially released on April 5, 2013, and a number one at US albums chart Billboard 200 .
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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the album’s second single, ” Still Into You “, was released on March 14, 2013, achieving commercial success.
On 4 March 2013, the band returned to the studio to work on their fourteenth album, and continued during the week beginning 23 September. They reconvened 13 to 18 December. On 31 December 2013, the band posted a mixtape curated by John Taylor as a New Year’s “thank you” to…
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In March, the band announced North American dates to their Delta Machine Tour , starting 22 August from Detroit and ending 8 October in Phoenix .
In early March they performed ” Evil Eye ” and ” Love Illumination “
while the end of the month saw the live premiere of “Goodbye Lovers & Friends”.