As we await the arrival of Franz Ferdinand’s new studio recording The Human Fear – slated for release in early 2025 – we wind back the clock to 2004. At that time the Scottish band was just breaking through in the U.S. and they chose to make their radio debut on Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Now that they are an arena and festival favorite — having played to millions of fans through the years— frontman Alex Kapranos shares his thoughts on the new recording: “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.”
Do these words resonate with you when you hear “Audacious?”
More: Franz Ferdinand U.S. radio debut on MBE 2004
More: Watch the live version of Matinee from our MBE 2004 session on YouTube (this was released as a 7” single)