Franz Ferdinand have today 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 10th 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 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.
Watch the video for ‘Night Or Day’ – BELOW:
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 Human Fear’s 11 songs all allude to 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.
The track listing of the album is as follows:
1. Audacious
2. Everyday Dreamer
3. The Doctor
4. Hooked
5. Build It Up
6. Night Or Day
7. Tell Me I Should Stay
8. Cats
9. Black Eyelashes
10. Bar Lonely
11. The Birds
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. 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)
Tickets for the UK dates are available via www.franzferdinand.com
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