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The Human Fear is the sixth studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released on 10 January 2025 through Domino.Produced by Mark Ralph, it is the band's first full studio album to feature guitarist Dino Bardot, who joined the band after the recording of 2018's Always Ascending, and drummer Audrey Tait, who replaced original member Paul Thomson in 2021.
Franz Ferdinand released a new single, "Billy Goodbye", on 2 November 2021. [45] The track is one of two new songs on the greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head , which was released on 11 March 2022.
Much has changed since their debut album won the Mercury, with The Human Fear marking the group's first studio offering since the exit of original drummer Thomson in 2021. Guitarist McCarthy had ...
The release of the single was followed by their debut album, Franz Ferdinand, which debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart. The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year for 2004.
Audrey Tait (born 1987) is a Scottish musician and music producer from Rutherglen, Scotland.She is known for being the drummer in three Glaswegian bands, the experimental hip-hop group Hector Bizerk, Broken Chanter, [2] and the rock band Franz Ferdinand. [3]
They had a baby boy named Georgie in July 2006, and on 19 September 2008 (while Franz Ferdinand were supposed to be headlining a concert) they had another boy and named him Ronnie. Because of Thomson's absence, Franz Ferdinand played a semi-acoustic set and swapped the headlining spot with The Ting Tings.
Fischer says a friendly drug dealer educated him on the medication. He was living outside San Antonio, Texas, at the time, shooting up three grams of heroin a day, and often using it in tandem with methamphetamines. One day, he recalls, his dealer asked him if he ever thought about getting sober. Fischer told him he thought about it all the time.
The album was announced on 2 November 2021, coinciding with the release of the single "Billy Goodbye". [6]Of the decision to release a greatest hits album, lead singer Alex Kapranos compared the selection process of tracks for it to "writing a set-list for a festival", while further adding: "I have friends who believe you're somehow not a "real" fan if you own a best of rather than a discography.