Watch Franz Ferdinand debut new track ‘Hooked’ as they kick off run of Scottish dates
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 had been enjoying the primary of a run of three Scottish reveals on the Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion within the Highlands on Thursday (September 26) and took the prospect to provide 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’, ‘Night time 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 reveals in the appropriate approach. Subsequent up is Stirling, see you tonight.”
Strathpeffer, thanks for serving to us kick off these reveals in the appropriate approach. 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 received 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”. Try that footage right here:
Thanks @Franz_Ferdinand for an unimaginable evening in Strathpeffer! Simply what I wanted after a tense week! #FranzFerdinand #Scotland pic.twitter.com/qZd8yACWV2
— Rockatiel (@RockatielBlogs) September 26, 2024
Incredible evening 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’
‘Night time or Day’
‘Take Me Out’
‘Ulysses’
‘Hooked’
‘Outsiders’
‘This Fireplace’
‘Jacqueline’
‘The Birds’
The band’s sixth album will probably be launched on January 10 (pre-order/pre-save here). It’s the long-anticipated follow-up to the group’s dance-driven 2018 album ‘At all times 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 a giant milestone in Franz Ferdinand historical past.”
As for what followers can anticipate from ‘The Human Concern’, Kapranos added: “I’m not going to provide 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’] just isn’t 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 similar time, they are going to be considering, ‘Oh, did they actually do 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 here.
Previous these dates will probably be a trio of reveals 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 reveals here.