Terry Gross interviewed Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand today on NPR’s Fresh Air. He recently put out a book called Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand, which compiles the columns he wrote for The Guardian about the different places the band ate at around the world and his gastronomic insights.

I’m not a big Franz Ferdinand fan but thought it was a fantastic interview. Kapranos is very personable and articulate. He talked about the various jobs he’d had in restaurants prior to forming the band, read some passages from his book, and told anecdotes about some of foods the band had partaken in during their travels. He talked equally as much about how the band formed and the song writing process. And of course Terry asked great questions and managed their conversation expertly.

You can listen to the interview here.