This video may disturb some. Even though everything that happens in it is clearly fake. It’s nasty. Alex Kapranos dons a fake moustache that makes him look like a pornstar, but that’s not the worst of it.

“Evil Eye” was the third single to come from Franz Ferdinand’s most recent album “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action“, which was released almost a year ago now. It’s from the perspective of a person who is able to see things that other normal people can’t see. As a result, the narrator finds that people react to him in different ways. Some annoy him to the point that they bring a disturbing reaction out of him, some think he’s alright because they have this power themselves, some want to really analyse what’s going on in his head, and some are simply suspicious of his character. And that’s all in the order that the chorus lists it.

I think there’s something funny about this song. And not ‘funny’ as in strange, but actually humorous. Why? I think it is just because it’s so funky and catchy for a track that’s supposed to give somebody the creeps. Those falsetto backing vocals in the chorus, extravagant keyboards and Alex Kapranos manipulated vocals all mix up to result in a song that sounds like it could be the theme tune to a weird detective crime series.

Track is good though. Probably one of my favourites from the album. Franz Ferdinand may not get the hype that used to come their way, but if they can still produce quality such as this then it’s all good.