Former Franz Ferdinand Guitarist Nick McCarthy's Project Manuela Post Cracks In The Concrete Video
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Written by Laura Johnson
Manuela, the new project of former Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy and his wife, Manuela Gernedel, have shared a video for Cracks In The Concrete.
Explaining the inspiration for the track, Gernedel said:
"Lyrically Cracks In The Concrete, like much of the album, is skipping back and forth between a narration and internal monologue. The line “cracks in the concrete” was partly inspired by the French phrase “sous les páves, la plage!” which came up during the student revolts there in May ’68. Roughly translated it says “there is sand underneath the pavement!” It’s talking about the potential of things breaking and breaking up things. Everything is morbid and falling apart and you have to keep on telling yourself that it’s going to work itself out (“everything is healing”)."
Watch the Cracks In The Concrete video, following its premiere with Clash, below.
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