“The U.K. guitar band were ace purveyors of “indie sleaze” back when no one said “indie sleaze,” and their new album is their best in 15 years”
“art-rock icons prove they can still take you out”
“The Scottish band’s first album since 2018 expands their sound in a way that suits them.”
“The Scottish band’s sixth album summons the vintage swagger and suave humor of its early work but little of the punkish exhilaration.”
“After releasing two celebrated albums in quick succession during the heyday of "indie sleaze," new music started to become less of a growing concern for Franz Ferdinand. In fact, The Human Fear, the band's sixth studio album in their 20-year existence, finds the Scottish quintet ending a seven-year hiatus. So, it's strange that their latest would find them sounding so damn lifeless. Longtime Ferd”
“A sparkling 2015 collaboration with Sparks aside, Franz Ferdinand’s career has felt like an exercise in diminishing returns, each successive album slightly less interesting than its predecessor. Seven years on from the paradoxically titled Always Ascending, their sixth set finally bucks that trend. Part of that could be down to an infusion of fresh blood, with frontman Alex Kapranos and bassist Bo”
