Franz Ferdinand just uploaded a new song to their Myspace profile. The song, titled “Hallam Foe, Dandelion Blow” was composed for the soundtrack of a Scottish film. Here’s a blog post about the song by Franz’s frontman, Alex Kapranos:

“We wrote it a couple of months ago as a theme for a Scottish film called Hallam Foe, directed by David Mackenzie who directed Young Adam and Asylum. The title character is played by Jamie Bell who was the lead in Billy Elliot. Sexual tension, voyeurism, dark humour, Scotland and death are themes of the film - all of which seem good ingredients for a song by the Ferdinand. Nick and I read the script and went to screenings of early edits in the Glasgow Film Theatre which gave us the ideas for the melody and lyrics. Other Domino artists appear on the soundtrack including Psapp, Unpoc and Sons & Daughters. The film will be released some time this year and will be appearing at the Berlin Film Festival. There’s a blog that has been kept by Colin Monie here http://www.getyourpeople.com if you want to read more.”

Kapranos is also releasing a book these days, titled “Sound Bites - eating on tour with Franz Ferdinand”, which is a collection of food related writings written by the Ferdinand’s singer while on the road. Actually, if you’re around Manhattan this evening, you could catch some Alex Kapranos action at the Union Square Barnes and Nobles. Free wine included.

Here’s a silly little video found on Franz’s myspace: