Franz Ferdinand share addictive new single ‘Hooked’
Franz Ferdinand have launched their new single ‘Hooked’ – give it a hear under.
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‘Hooked’ is the third single to be shared from the band’s upcoming sixth album ‘The Human Worry’, out on Friday (January 10), following ‘Audacious’ and ‘Night time Or Day’.
The angular indie monitor, heavy with synths, doesn’t differ an excessive amount of from the Glasgow band’s signature dancey post-punk sound, with frontman Alex Kapranos saying in regards to the monitor: “Sliding into midnight, it’s a nighttime prowl of a music. If all of us have the human concern, then that’s alright if you’re hooked.”
Kapranos sings within the pre-chorus: “I assumed I knew what love was/However then I met you,” earlier than a rousing refrain of “You bought me hooked” repeated over jittering synths.
In the direction of the top of final 12 months, ‘Hooked’ grew to become one of many songs the band showcased on tour, first taking part in it throughout a present at Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion within the Scottish Highlands in September.
One other as-yet-unreleased monitor from the album, ‘Bar Lonely’ was given its TV debut on the weekend when the band appeared on CBS Saturday Classes – like ‘Hooked’, it had been showcased throughout a few of Franz’s dwell dates in current months.
Talking to NME in regards to the upcoming album in September, Kapranos mentioned having fun with being within the band, saying: “If you’re going to make music, then there’s no level in shying away out of your identification or being embarrassed by who you might be. You want to embrace it with all of the audacity you’ll be able to presumably have.”
He added: “I’d say that’s in all probability my angle. That’s how I really feel about my favorite bands after they’re at their best possible, their most extraordinarily ‘them’. That’s how I really feel in the intervening time. I really feel actually good about being in Franz Ferdinand and actually good about placing music into the world. I really like being on this band.”
With the album being named ‘The Human Worry’ and it additionally being a core lyric in ‘Hooked’, Kapranos described the place this comes from. He mentioned: “All of us have fears in our lives, and people fears are sort of a clue to understanding who we’re – how we reply to them, how we overcome them (if we overcome them, as a result of generally we don’t). The best moments in your life normally contain overcoming some sort of concern. Generally it’s a paralysing concern, however when it’s overcome, my god, it’s the best buzz on this planet!
“Say you’re asking your associate out for the primary time; that’s terrifying. Or transferring to a brand new city and never understanding anyone. On the album, I’m speaking about totally different fears that I’ve seen in different folks: concern of social isolation, concern of leaving an establishment, concern of leaving or staying in a relationship. It wasn’t like a medical evaluation when writing the songs, I solely realised that after.”
He additionally teased that the album may very well be totally different from what followers may anticipate to listen to from Franz Ferdinand – however inside motive. “I don’t assume there’s a single music that you just’ll hear on the album and received’t assume, ‘Oh, is that Franz Ferdinand?’” he mentioned. “On the identical time, there will probably be pondering, ‘Oh, did they actually do this?’ That’s to not say I begin rapping or something like that.”
From Thursday (January 9), in the meantime, the band will embark on a run of out-store reveals within the UK, earlier than a UK and European tour from February. You should buy tickets here.
Franz Ferdinand’s 2025 UK and Europe tour dates are:
JANUARY
9 – Kingston, UK – Pryzm
10 – Bexhill, UK – De La Warr
11 – Liverpool, UK – Dome Grand Central
12 – Edinburgh, UK – Liquid Room (early and late night reveals)
18 – Manchester, UK – Aviva Studios
FEBURARY
14 – Lisbon, Portugal – Aula Magna
15 – A Coruña, Spain – Sala Pelicano
17 – Madrid, Spain – La Riviera
18 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
20 – Milan, Italy – Fabrique
21 – Zurich, Switzerland – X-Tra
22 – Munich, Germany – Muffathalle
24 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
25 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja
27 – Paris, France – La Cigale
28 – Cologne, Germany – Die Kantine
MARCH
01 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
03 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
05 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
06 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
07 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland