[ Domino / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 10 January 2025
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This album showcases Franz at their most immediate, upbeat and life-affirming, unashamedly going for the pop-jugular in classic Franz style. The 11-songs on The Human Fear all allude to some deep-set human fears and how overcoming and accepting these fears drives and defines our lives.
Talking about the album, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand said:
Making this record was one of the most life-affirming experiences I've had, but it's called The Human Fear. Fear reminds you that you're alive. I think we all are addicted in some way to the buzz it can give us. How we respond to it shows how we are human. So here's a bunch of songs searching for the thrill of being human via fears. Not that you'd necessarily notice on first listen.
Side A
1. Audacious
2. Everydaydreamer
3. The Doctor
4. Hooked
5. Build It Up
6. Night Or Day
Side B
7. Bar Lonely
8. Cats
9. Black Eyelashes
10. Tell Me I Should Stay
11. The Birds