Franz Ferdinand have returned with their bold new single ‘Audacious’ and announced details of their long-awaited sixth album ‘The Human Fear’ along with UK and European tour dates.
Their first studio album since 2018’s acclaimed and dance-driven ‘Always Ascending’, ‘The Human Fear’ will arrive on January 10, 2025. Produced by Mark Ralph (who previously worked with the Scottish Mercury Prize-winners on 2013’s ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’), the album comes with launch single ‘Audacious’: a life-affirming glam-rock stomper that speaks of the band’s confidence at the DNA of the new record.
“In some ways, it is more audacious musically than some of the things we might have done in the past,” Kapranos told NME. “The verses are very dry and kind of lo-fi, then it hits with the chorus. The song is a contrast between the two: the verses are quite introspective and stark, where the choruses are an overtly audacious response to that – both musically and lyrically.”