http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/28321
"The
Franz Ferdinand singer added: "We met up with
Lee Ranaldo (
Sonic Youth) in
NYC after Christmas for the song
'Be Safe' and (it was) one of the most spine tingling studio moments I can remember - the band playing,
Gary singing and
Lee improvising, all completely live. However the highlight of the recording was back in
Vancouver for
Ryan's 'face melting' guitar solo which involved a litre of shit wine, a somersault and a snapped neck on his favourite guitar."