The band formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2002 and took inspiration for its name from a racehorse named “Archduke Ferdinand ... With the original Franz Ferdinand, listeners could hear the ragtag ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Scottish indie band Franz Ferdinand return with their sixth studio record ‘The Human Fear,” which ...

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“We all do things that we wish we hadn’t done,” Alex Kapranos purrs at the end of the new Franz Ferdinand album ... more dissolute adulthood. This scene has retroactively gotten tagged ...

Franz Ferdinand transitioned gracefully to legacy ... is longer than the Great War sparked by the assassination of the Archduke. Now, at long last, comes a new album that sounds… a whole lot ...

Franz Ferdinand lead the race for their second UK Number 1 album this week, with what could be their first in 20 years. The Scottish rockers’ sixth LP The Human Fear comes in at Number 1 on ...

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Ever since the band’s come up in the early 2000s, Franz Ferdinand have been synonymously inseparable from their home country—remaining large stakeholders in not just the music scenes of ...

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Alex Kapranos, left, and Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand pose, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) ...

Franz Ferdinand’s peak years were during the ... But unlike the ill-fated archduke, the Scottish-English band hasn’t disappeared into the annals of history. The Human Fear is their sixth ...