With the departure of founding member Nick McCarthy from Franz Ferdinand last year, fans have been wondering who exactly will fill the rhythm guitarist and keyboarsit-sized hole left in the group. Well, wonder no more, because the group have welcomed not one, but two new members into the group.

The legendary Scottish rockers announced last year that Nick McCarthy, one of the group’s founding members, was leaving the group in order to spend more time with his family. Despite this, the group did make it clear that McCarthy could quite possibly rejoin the band at a later date.

As Pitchfork reports, just ahead of their first shows as a group in three years (not including their performances as part of the supergroup FFS with Sparks), the group have officially announced the induction of two new members into the Franz Ferdinand family. Taking to Twitter, the group shared a photo to show off their new members. “Here we are under a bridge in Glasgow,” the post begins. “With new members Dino Bardot (on the left) and Julian Corrie (on the right).”

The group’s new members probably won’t be strangers to avid fans though. New guitarist Dino Bardot had previously played in the Scottish group 1990s, who had not only supported Franz Ferdinand before, but also included frontman Alex Kapranos and drummer Paul Thomson as temporary members. Likewise, new keyboardist Julian Corrie, better known as Miaoux Miaoux has long been a prolific music producer and remixer, whilst also being a staple of the Scottish music scene.

At this stage, there is no word as to when Australians will be getting a chance to welcome the new members into the band, but with Franz Ferdinand showing some signs of life again, it might not be too long that we have to wait.

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