A month’s gone by already so I guess it’s time to start on these again. There are lot more songs beginning with the letter ‘L’ than the previous two letters – let’s get right into it.

‘L. Wells’ by Franz Ferdinand was released as a double A-side single with ‘The Fallen’ in 2006. I was very much alive back then. The band’s second album You Could Have It So Much Better had been out for months by that year. I got it for Christmas 2005. So when the video for ‘L. Wells’ started showing on MTV2, it begged the question why this song didn’t make it on the album. I assume that it was a song that they laid down way after sessions for the record had finished which is understandable. Still, no joke, ‘L. Wells’ may be my favourite Franz Ferdinand track – and for a while you could only listen to it if you bought the physical single.

So what’s it about? Well, I would say that it’s from the perspective of an admirer of the titular character (whose name is Lynsey/Lindsey, I don’t think the spelling matters hence the initial) who wants to be as carefree and just ‘good’ as her. There’s just something about her that the narrator must know, believing that she must have some sort of secret to her free spirit, and sings about situations where she lets things brush off her shoulder. It’s quite self-explanatory once you read the lyrics really. I couldn’t delve too deep without quoting some phrases from the track.

Described by drummer Paul Thomson as “a bit of a hoedown”, ‘L. Wells’ is an uplifting, very joyful number. I feel it’s one that not a lot of people know about. Hopefully by making this post I can stir a commotion that gets the word around.