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The difference between the two is profound. Beethoven grabs you by the collar; Schubert leads you by the hand. Even when Beethoven’s music is lyrical or (more often) spiritual, those qualities ...

As a teenager he became entrenched in the 90s Glasgow music scene, running club nights and playing in the likes of cult indie band the Yummy Fur before forming Franz Ferdinand. Much has changed ...