Franz Ferdinand return with details of new album ‘The Human Fear’

Franz Ferdinand are back, having announced that their new album, ‘The Human Fear’, will arrive on 10th January 2025 via Domino. 

Produced by Mark Ralph - who previously collaborated with the band on their 2013 effort ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’ - ‘The Human Fear’ is the follow up to 2022’s ‘Hits To The Head’, and finds Franz confronting darker parts of the human psyche with lightness and irrepressible energy. 

It’s also the first studio album to feature band members Audrey Tait and Dino Bardot, while this time Julian Corrie has also joined Alex Kapranos and Bob Hardy as a credited songwriter. 

“Making this record was one of the most life-affirming experiences I’ve had,” frontman Alex Kapranos has shared. “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.”

The new LP has been introduced today via lead single ‘Audacious’, which Alex has explained is “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!’”

You can watch the official video for ‘Audacious’ and check out ‘The Human Fear”s tracklist below.