A 4 anni da Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action e a 2 dal disco con gli Sparks, i Franz Ferdinand hanno annunciato un nuovo album.

Always Ascending è stato registrato insieme al produttore Philippe Zdar (Cassius, Phoenix, Beastie Boys) e verrà pubblicato il prossimo 9 febbraio via Domino Records.

La copertina di Always Ascending

A inizio 2017, ad Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy e Paul Thomson si sono aggiunti  Julian Corrie (tastiere, chitarra) e Dino Bardot (chitarra).

In concomitanza con all’annuncio del nuovo disco, è stata rilasciata la title track che trovate di seguito insieme alla tracklist di Always Ascending e alle date del tour.

I Franz Ferdinand torneranno in Italia il prossimo 15 marzo 2018 all’Unipol Arena di Bologna.

Ascoltate qui il nuovo brano:

Always Ascending tracklist:

01 Always Ascending
02 Lazy Boy
03 Paper Cages
04 Finally
05 The Academy Award
06 Lois Lane
07 Huck and Jim
08 Glimpse of Love
09 Feel the Love Go
10 Slow Don’t Kill Me Slow

Franz Ferdinand tour:
10-27 Murcia, Spain – Plaza de Toros
10-28 Bilbao, Spain – BIME Live
12-04 Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
12-05 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore
12-06 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore
12-07 Portland, OR – Theater of the Clouds
12-09 Pomona, CA – Glasshouse
12-10 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
01-25 Tokyo, Japan – Shinkiba Studio Coast
02-10 Galway, Ireland – Leisureland
02-11 Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
02-13 Manchester, England – Royal Albert Hall
02-14 Nottingham, England – Rock City
02-16 Newcastle, England – O2 Academy
02-17 Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy
02-19 Leeds, England – O2 Academy
02-20 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy
02-21 Bristol, England – O2 Academy
02-23 Cambridge, England – Corn Exchange
02-24 London, England – O2 Brixton Academy
02-25 Brighton, England – Dome                 
02-27 Paris, France – La Zénith
02-28 Brussels, Belgium – Forest National
03-01 Hamburg, Germany – Mehr! Theater
03-03 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vrendenburg
03-04 Groningen, Netherlands – De Oosterpoort
03-05 Cologne, Germany – Palladium
03-07 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
03-08 Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
03-09 Prague, Czech Republic – Forum Karlin
03-11 Zurich, Switzerland – Halle 622
03-12 Munich, Germany – Tonhalle
03-13 Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
03-15 Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena
03-17 Madrid, Spain – La Riviera
03-19 Toulouse, France – Zenith
03-20 Montpellier, France – Zenith Sud
03-21 Lyon, France – Amphi 3000
03-23 Rennes, France – Liberte
03-24 Caen, France – Zenith
04-08 Toronto, Ontario – Rebel
04-10 Boston, MA – House of Blues
04-11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
04-13 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
04-16 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
04-27 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue                                                                                                                                                                                                                04-28 Kansas City, MO – The Truman
04-30 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
05-02 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
05-07 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
05-08 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
05-11 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
05-13 San Diego, CA – North Park at the Observatory
05-15 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
05-17 Oakland, CA – The Fox Theatre