Franz Ferdinand release final single ‘Hooked’

Franz Ferdinand have  shared a new track, ‘Hooked’, the latest single to be taken from their new studio album, The Human Fear, which will be released this Friday, 10^th January 2025 on Domino.

“Sliding into midnight, it’s a nighttime prowl of a song. If we all have the human fear, then that’s alright when you’re hooked. I thought I knew what love was… but then I met you.” – Alex Kapranos

The band have previously released the 6Music playlisted single, ‘Audacious’ and ‘Night Or Day’ which has been added to the A list at Radio 2.

Produced with Mark Ralph, who previously worked with them on their 2013 album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, the new album showcases Franz at their most immediate, upbeat and life-affirming, unashamedly going for the pop-jugular in classic Franz style.

Recorded at AYR studios in Scotland, the 11-songs on The Human Fear all allude to some deep-set human fears and how overcoming and accepting these fears drives and defines our lives.  

Ever since their beginnings, throwing illegal parties in condemned Glasgow buildings, Franz Ferdinand have been defined by a fresh, unfading, forward-facing outlook, a transgressive art-school perspective, but with a love of a big song and The Human Fear undoubtedly continues in this tradition; distinct yet new, musically, and creatively it’s a record eager to push forward.

The first studio album to feature members Audrey Tait and Dino Bardot, the record also sees Julian Corrie step forward to collaborate with Alex Kapranos and Bob Hardy on songwriting and creative duties.

Additionally, having completed sold-out tours in Mexico, South America and U.S. at the end of last year, the band this week begin a short run of out-store shows around the album release before starting a U.K / EU headline tour in February.

The full list of shows is as follows:
09.01.25 (early evening) – Pryzm (Banquet Records) – KINGSTON (SOLD OUT)
09.01.25 (late evening) – Pryzm (Banquet Records) – KINGSTON (SOLD OUT)
10.01.25 – De La Warr (Music’s Not Dead) – BEXHILL 
11.01.25 –  Dome Grand Central (Jacaranda Records) – LIVERPOOL (SOLD OUT)
12.01.25 (early evening) – Liquid Room (Assai Records) – EDINBURGH (SOLD OUT)
12.01.25 (late evening) – Liquid Room (Assai Records) – EDINBURGH 
18.01.25 – Aviva Studios (Amazon Music) – MANCHESTER (live streamed on Twitch & Amazon Prime)

14.02.25 – Aula Magna – LISBON (SOLD OUT)
15.02.25 – Sala Pelicano – A CORUNA (SOLD OUT)
17.02.25 – La Riviera – MADRID (SOLD OUT)
18.02.25 – Razzmatazz – BARCELONA (SOLD OUT)
20.02.25 – Fabrique – MILAN (SOLD OUT)
21.02.25 – X-Tra – ZURICH 
22.02.25 – Muffathalle – MUNICH (SOLD OUT)
24.02.25 – Huxleys Neue Welt – BERLIN (SOLD OUT)
25.02.25 – Progresja – WARSAW 
27.02.25 – La Cigale – PARIS (SOLD OUT)
28.02.25 – Die Kantine – COLOGNE (SOLD OUT)

01.03.25 – De Roma – ANTWERP (SOLD OUT)
03.03.25 – Paradiso – AMSTERDAM (SOLD OUT)
05.03.25 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – LONDON
06.03.25 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – LONDON
07.03.25 – Barrowland – GLASGOW (SOLD OUT)

Tickets for the U.K dates are available via www.franzferdinand.com

Franz Ferdinand signed to Domino in May 2003 and released their first single, Darts Of Pleasure shortly after. Second single, Take Me Out exploded onto the international stage, putting the band firmly on the global map and was a precursor to their eponymous debut album which went on to sell over 5 million copies worldwide.

Artistically always forging forward, their following albums, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009), Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) and Always Ascending (2018) all offered a new take on the Franz template and saw them work with some of the most pioneering producers around including Dan Carey, Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Todd Terje and Philippe Zdar. 

Their music continues to resonate globally and over the course of nearly two decades they’ve become, commercially and critically, one of the biggest UK bands in the world, selling over 10 million albums, 2.5 billion streams to date, 14 platinum albums, winning Brit, Ivor Novello & Mercury Prize awards, Grammy nominations and selling 6 million tickets for their incendiary live show worldwide which have included headline slots at festivals such as Reading & Leeds, Rock En Seine, Primavera and All Points East. A greatest hits compilation Hits To The Head, released in 2022, was a potent reminder of how universal and loved many of their songs have been and the U.K. run of shows saw them sell out Alexandra Palace in London.

Franz Ferdinand are: 
Alex Kapranos (vocals / guitar)
Audrey Tait (drums)
Bob Hardy (bass)
Dino Bardot (guitar, backing vocals)
Julian Corrie (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals).