On 11 September 2024, Franz Ferdinand announced their sixth studio album, The Human Fear , to be released on 10 January 2025, and along revealed lead single “Audacious”. The album is the first full-length album to feature Audrey Tait on drums following the departure of Paul Thomson. The band will tour the UK and Europe in the first half of 2025, beginning on 14 February in Lisbon and concluding in Glasgow on 7 March. On 18 January 2025, Franz Ferdinand performed at Aviva Studios in Manchester for the Amazon Music City Sessions, and had guitarist Johnny Marr for 3 songs, the band’s own “Build It Up” and ” Do You Want To ” and a song from Marr’s old group The Smiths , “ Bigmouth Strikes Again “. The band eventually brought Marr to do a studio version of this new version of “Build It Up”, which they released in June alongside a live version of the song “Hooked” featuring a rap verse by Master Peace .
announced their sixth studio album, The Human Fear
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