Fans of Franz Ferdinand will unfortunately have to wait for their highly anticipated new album, as the indie Scots have delayed the launch — again.

The album was initially intended for release at the beginning of this year, however, after scrutinising the album, initial recordings were completely scrapped. The band then hoped to squeeze the album onto record shelves before the end of 2008, but that also proved impossible.

The band from Scotland now hopes to have their album out by January of next year — exactly a year after its initial release date. Hopefully fans will feel it was worth the wait.