Latest Release
- JAN 10, 2025
- 11 Songs
- Franz Ferdinand · 2004
- The Human Fear · 2024
- This Fffire - Single · 2004
- Take Me Out - Single · 2004
- You Could Have It So Much Better · 2005
- Franz Ferdinand · 2004
- The Human Fear · 2025
- Tonight · 2009
- Franz Ferdinand · 2004
- Tonight · 2009
Essential Albums
- Debuting around the same time as the likeminded Arctic Monkeys and Libertines, Franz Ferdinand crafted an introduction that matched the wry wit of an art-school band with the mass appeal of stadium rockers. In other words, music you’d be just as likely to hear in a dimly lit hipster bar as in a game of Guitar Hero. Led by the gargantuan “Take Me Out” (and the equally great “Jacqueline” and “The Dark of the Matinée”), the album was a punk-spiked, stylish alternative to the straightforward fare of mid-’00s modern-rock radio—plenty tough, but smart enough to play it close to the vest.
Albums
- 2024
- 2024
- 2022
- 2021
- 2018
- 2018
Artist Playlists
- These Scottish indie greats got everyone dancing.
More To Hear
- Franz Ferdinand talk "Audacious."
- The Franz Ferdinand frontman sits down with Jehnny in Paris.
- "Feel the Love Go" from the band's Always Ascending.
About Franz Ferdinand
Scottish indie-rock band Franz Ferdinand took their name from the Austrian Archduke whose 1914 assassination set off World War I. ∙ The band’s 2004 self-titled debut won the Mercury Prize and was nominated for the Best Alternative Album Grammy Award, the first of their five Grammy nominations. ∙ Their sophomore LP, 2005’s You Could Have It So Much Better, produced by Rich Costey (Foo Fighters, Muse, Sigur Rós), was their first US Top 10 album. ∙ Starting in 2005, lead singer and former chef Alex Kapranos wrote a food column for the The Guardian, chronicling the meals and snacks he ate while on tour with the band. ∙ The 2011 EP Covers features songs from their third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, as interpreted by such artists as LCD Soundsystem and Peaches. ∙ Together with the legendary rock duo Sparks, they formed the supergroup FSS, releasing their acclaimed debut in 2015.
- FROM
- Glasgow, Scotland
- FORMED
- 2001
- GENRE
- Alternative