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- Summary: The sixth full-length studio release from Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand was recorded in Scotland with producer Mark Ralph and is its first with drummer Audrey Tait, who took over from Paul Thomson.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 11 out of 17
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Mixed: 6 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Jan 8, 2025Alex Kapranos is on typically droll, playful lyrical form, too, grounding the record in Franz tradition, but the sound of ‘The Human Fear’ suggests a band still brimming with ambition.
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UncutJan 3, 2025It's a deeply fun record that radiates vivacity and, most endearingly, sounds like a band who still truly love what they do. [Jan 2025, p.35]
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Jan 10, 2025Still shamelessly livin’ it up, with an eyebrow cocked and high kicks galore, ‘The Human Fear’ is – as promised – Franz-y as fuck. You do you, hun; you do it so well.
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Jan 9, 2025Fun, lean, and concise, ‘The Human Fear’ finds Franz Ferdinand looking to the future without any need to panic.
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Jan 10, 2025The Human Fear isn’t provocative enough to revitalize their reputation, but it certainly won’t do it any harm.
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Jan 10, 2025It’s not bad, sometimes it’s even very good, but it ought to feel much more significant than this.
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Jan 3, 2025If Franz Ferdinand were the grownups back then [in 2004], 20 years on they’re positively avuncular. The Human Fear – their sixth album, and first since 2018 – feels markedly middle-aged in tone.