- 2024-09-12
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MUSIC
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Franz Ferdinand Announces New Album “The Human Fear”, Shares New Song “Audacious”
Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand, consisting of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals/lead guitar), Bob Hardy (bass), Julian Corrie (keyboards), Dino Bardot (rhythm guitar) and Audrey Tait (drums), is back.
The band has announced their upcoming sixth studio album “The Human Fear” will be released on January 10, 2025.
The album is their first LP in seven years, except compilation album, and comprises a 11-track.
On the album, the band worked with producer Mark Ralph
The band lead singer Alex Kapranos said of the album, “Making this record was one of the most life-affirming experiences I’ve had, but it’s called The Human Fear. Fear reminds you that you’re alive. I think we all are addicted in some way to the buzz it can give us. How we respond to it shows how we are human. So here’s a bunch of songs searching for the thrill of being human via fears. Not that you’d necessarily notice on first listen.”- From the album, the band unveiled the first single called “Audacious” on September 11, 2024.
The track was written by Alex Kapranos and produced by Mark Ralph.
Alex Kapranos said of the song, “It’s about having an audacious response when you feel the fabric of existence come undone around you. Being bold, contrary. Peering over the edge into the eternity of non-existence and saying, ‘Aye! Fuck it! Not today, thank you!’” -
The accompanying music video was directed by Andy Knowles.
Andy Knowles said of the video, “After listening to ‘Audacious’ for the first time it immediately felt like a song which needed a celebration of a video. I wanted to build on the jocular approach we took for ‘Curious’ in 2022, contrasting some of the more somber moments of life with an explosion of fun when you look at things through an ‘audacious’ lens.”
Photo by Fiona Torre - source : Apple Music
