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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.
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.
Franz Ferdinand received a generally strong positive response from critics. NME rated it 9 out of 10, and said that the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, Wire, Travis and Blur. On 7 September 2004, the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music ...
Will Hermes of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album "shows Franz Ferdinand working harder and sounding bigger, befitting their stature as rock's saviors of the moment", [12] while David Fricke of Rolling Stone noted that the album "shows deeper roots in the first wave of white electric dance music: specifically the crunchy-guitar R&B and ...
Franz Ferdinand's panicked dance rock gets a new lease, even if it's a mild reinvention. Meanwhile, Sparks are at their quirky best thanks to their newfound collaboration. Both acts insist that FFS isn't a one-off musical play date, that they're invested in the project as a full-time thing. This debut is enough to make you hope both sides make ...
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.
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (also known as Tonight [1]) is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released on 26 January 2009 through the Domino Recording Company. In contrast to their speedily-recorded second studio album, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), the band chose to take some time off before recording a ...
bnqtlivenow.bandcamp.com BNQT ( / ˈ b æ ŋ k w ɪ t / "banquet") is an indie super-group featuring Fran Healy ( Travis ), Alex Kapranos ( Franz Ferdinand ), Eric Pulido ( Midlake ), Ben Bridwell ( Band of Horses ) and Jason Lytle ( Grandaddy ), backed by other members of Midlake: Jesse Chandler , Joey McClellan and McKenzie Smith .