OBLICUA-FRANZ FERDINAND-ALWAYS ASCENDING Estilo:NEW Padded detail in the middle

Padded detail in the middle of the upper

Base: Patchouli Coeur Indonesia

Reebok lettering has been given a colour gradient

The non-marking rubber sole provides traction and durability

and GORE-TEX branding on the heel and tongue

OBLICUA-FRANZ FERDINAND-ALWAYS ASCENDING Estilo:NEW Padded detail in the middleThe return of synths and disco ish atmospherics serves, unsurprisingly, to obscure the fact that a nontrivial reinvention still eludes them. But to their credit, Franz Ferdinand are persistently resourceful, and in their theatrical suave and helter skelter choruses there lingers an obvious knack for starting fires armed only with indie pop panache.