Watch: Manuela Premiere Music Video For "Cracks in the Concrete"

A week ago, FF's guitarist Nick McCarthy and his wife Manuela Gernedel, aired "Cracks in the Concrete", their new single as Manuela, now they have premiered the visuals.

The song is part of our current playlist and is out via Lost Map.

The London-based project’s debut album is expected shortly and will feature cameos from Jim Dixon (Django Django), William Reese (Mystery Jets), Roxanne Clifford (Veronica Falls) and Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand).

Stream it below.

Nick McCarthy (Ex-Franz Ferdinand) Starts New Project Manuela, Airs New Single "Cracks in the Concrete"

Days after announcing his departure from Franz Ferdinand, guitarist Nick McCarthy has announced a new project called Manuela with his wife, singer/songwriter Manuela Gernedel. 

The duo have revealed their first single "Cracks in the Concrete", which is out now via Lost Map as a PostMap postcard accompanied of a disco remix b-side by London DJ Nadia Ksaiba. 

About the track, Gernedel said: 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 falling apart and you telling yourself that it’s going to work out ("everything is healing").

Stream it below.