Dying Scene recently named him 1 of Punk’s 10 Best Accordion Players. But there are some people, maybe you are one, certainly you know one they get their heart broken once and it's all they ever want to talk about again. Franz Nicolay Franz Nicolay is a New York musician who has played with myriad acts including the Hold Steady, Against Me, and the Dresden Dolls and was a founding member of the composer/performer collective Anti-Social music. Franz Nicolay of US group The Hold Steady performs at The Old Market during day 2 of 'The Great Escape Festival' on at The Concorde 2 in. "In other words, those things make you who you are. Musicians Franz Nicolay, Bobby Drake, Galen Polivka, Tad Kubler and Craig Finn of The Hold Steady arrive at Breaking the Band Concert during the 7th. ![]() "Luckily Franz Nicolay is no stranger to bars, puppets and friends - like Emily Hope Price and The Puppet Kitchen who pulled together to re-imagine his story of drunken heart break."Īnd the meaning of the song itself? We'll let Franz explain that one: "There is a school of thought, which I subscribe to, which says that it is the terrible things that happen to you which shape your personality as a grown-ass person," he admits. Join Facebook to connect with Franz Nicolay and others you may know. I recorded the opening through a tin can in Siberia and let Brad do the rest."ĭirector Brad Kemp was also pretty pleased with the collaboration: "When a troubadour asks you to make a video for him while he's playing stages in Mongolia, you get a lot of creative freedom whether he likes it or not," he said. View the profiles of people named Franz Nicolay. "This video combines some of my favorite things: the B-Side bar in New York, director Brad Kemp of Anti-Social Music, and an adorable, heartbroken robot. Do the Struggle, which was released in August, is Nicolay’s third full-length solo album. ![]() ![]() "I've wanted to do a puppet-based video ever since I saw what Puppet Kitchen did on the Puppet Playlist shows, in which puppeteers animate classic pop songs," Franz said recently. Franz Nicolay: Do the Struggle I have good news and sad news: Franz Nicolay has a new album, but his mustache appears to be gone. About 100 pages into Franz Nicolays debut novel, Someone Should Pay for Your Pain, that thought hit me like a baseball bat. Punk rock troubadour Franz Nicolay releases his new album 'Do The Struggle' today through Xtra Mile Recordings and to celebrate we've got the exclusive first play of the video for 'Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who You Are'. Watch Franz’s new video for ‘Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who You Are’ as the singer tours the UK in support of new album ‘Do The Struggle’.
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