Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos has told the Guardian that he hopes to persuade the band's bass player, **Bob
Hardy**, to sing on their new album, which they will begin recording in Mar. Kapranos says one song has been written for Hardy to sing on, though he's not sure the bass player will play ball.
Kapranos: "I used to really love it on the old Beatles records where you had a track that was like, Ringo sings! But he's been refusing to have anything to do with this really stupid idea of mine, so it probably won't make the record."
On the new album, Kapranos says he hopes to do something a little bit different to their eponymously titled debut: "It's exciting to be at this stage, where you've established a certain sound and a particular attitude, but you plan to do something a bit different and move on. I don't understand why more bands don't rise to that challenge. It's not as if people are afraid of bands developing. I don't imagine many Beatles fans complained because 'Revolver' sounded different from 'With
The Beatles'."