Franz Ferdinand share video for new song ‘Night or Day’

Franz Ferdinand shared a video for ‘Night Or Day’ the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming new studio album, The Human Fear, which will be released on Friday 10^th January 2025 on Domino.

The track is accompanied by an imaginative, dramatic and aesthetically stunning black & white video, directed by Rianne White who said:

”This song emulates the turbulent, transcendent immensity of feelings that live and breathe within four walls. Born with Franz Ferdinand in their Scottish studio, where they recorded this beauty, ‘Night or Day’ was a powerful meeting of visual and sound, all caught in the eye of 16mm black and white film. These are the storms we dance in!”

The band’s singer, Alex Kapranos added:

”Life may never be easy, but damn, we’ll make sure we live it up night or day. Night into day.  We collaborated with the hugely talented Rianne White to capture the Drama-Noir of the environment where we recorded this and the rest of the LP. She has a sensitivity and energy which exploded into that space, giving a glimpse of the world where we made the music. Storm shake the room and boom… the dark heart of Scotland beats strong. Filmed entirely on location at AYR Studios.”

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 song writing and creative duties.

Additionally, having just completed a sold-out tour in Mexico & South America, the band have announced details of a short run of out-store shows around the album release. These will be followed by a U.K / EU headline tour. Tickets for the U.K dates are available via www.franzferdinand.com. 

The full list of shows is as follows:

09.01.25 – Pryzm (Banquet Records) – KINGSTON (early evening) (SOLD OUT)
09.01.25 – Pryzm (Banquet Records) – KINGSTON (late evening) (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 – Liquid Room (Assai Records) – EDINBURGH (SOLD OUT) 
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
07.03.25 – Barrowland – GLASGOW (SOLD OUT)

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).