Franz Ferdinand debuted six new songs from their upcoming album ‘The Human Concern’ at a present in Scotland this week – take a look at footage beneath.
The indie greats have been taking part in the primary of a run of three Scottish exhibits on the Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion within the Highlands on Thursday (September 26) and took the prospect to offer a number of new tracks their world premiere.
In addition to the stay debut of the album’s lead single ‘Audacious’, Franz Ferdinand additionally performed ‘The Physician’, ‘Bar Lonely’, ‘Evening Or Day’, ‘Hooked’ and ‘The Birds’.
Sharing an excerpt of ‘Audacious’, the band wrote on X after the present: “Strathpeffer, thanks for serving to us kick off these exhibits in the suitable method. Subsequent up is Stirling, see you tonight.”
Strathpeffer, thanks for serving to us kick off these exhibits in the suitable method. Subsequent up is Stirling, see you tonight.
📸 – Martin Clark pic.twitter.com/SLO7NXnZ1E
— Franz Ferdinand (@Franz_Ferdinand) September 27, 2024
In fan-captured footage from the present, we additionally obtained our first glimpse of ‘Hooked’, a twitchy indie pop quantity with a heady, synth-driven refrain that sees frontman Alex Kapranos repeating, “Ah, you bought me hooked”. Take a look at that footage right here:
Thanks @Franz_Ferdinand for an unimaginable night time in Strathpeffer! Simply what I wanted after a hectic week! #FranzFerdinand #Scotland pic.twitter.com/qZd8yACWV2
— Rockatiel (@RockatielBlogs) September 26, 2024
Incredible night time seeing @Franz_Ferdinand @StrathPavilion ❤️ pic.twitter.com/s4L7jAcMNE
— David Heane (@davidheane) September 26, 2024
Snapshot of @alkapranos in Strathpeffer ignoring my request to play Van Tango @Franz_Ferdinand pic.twitter.com/Mktutvsbj9
— Ryan Ⓥ (@r_vv_) September 27, 2024
Franz Ferdinand performed:
‘The Darkish of the Matinee’
‘No You Women’
‘Audacious’
‘Stroll Away’
‘Do You Need To’
‘The Physician’
‘Michael’
‘Darts of Pleasure’
‘Bar Lonely’
‘Love Illumination’
‘Evening or Day’
‘Take Me Out’
‘Ulysses’
‘Hooked’
‘Outsiders’
‘This Hearth’
‘Jacqueline’
‘The Birds’
The band’s sixth album shall be launched on January 10 (pre-order/pre-save right here). It’s the long-anticipated follow-up to the group’s dance-driven 2018 album ‘All the time Ascending’.
Talking to NME lately, Kapranos defined: “It feels nice to be placing a single out after a wee whereas, however that is additionally the beginnings of a brand new album. That’s an enormous milestone in Franz Ferdinand historical past.”
As for what followers can count on from ‘The Human Concern’, Kapranos added: “I’m not going to offer away an excessive amount of now as a result of there’s nonetheless a little bit of time earlier than the album comes out, however I’ll say [‘Audacious’] is just not the one sound that you simply’re going to get on the album – fairly extraordinarily removed from it in some circumstances.
“I don’t assume there’s a single track that you simply’ll hear on the album and received’t assume, ‘Oh, is that Franz Ferdinand?’ On the identical time, they are going to be pondering, ‘Oh, did they actually try this?’ That’s to not say I begin rapping or something like that.”
This week, the band additionally introduced a North American headline tour for 2025, which is able to kick off in Seattle on March 24 and wrap up in Toronto on April 15. Tickets are on sale now and you may get yours right here.
Previous these dates shall be a trio of exhibits within the UK, with two nights on the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on March 5 and 6 and a present at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on March 7. Discover any remaining tickets for these exhibits right here.
