Franz Ferdinand celebrate “living it up” on imaginative new single ‘Night Or Day’

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Franz Ferdinand have shared their imaginative new single ‘Night Or Day’, where they celebrate “living it up”– check it out below.Opening with a pounding drum beat, sharp piano riff and deep bass line in their signature Franz Ferdinand sound, ‘Night Or Day’ sees frontman Alex Kapranos sing: “Life is never going to be easy / But if you’re living it with me / We’rе going to live it up night or day,” explaining that though life is tough if they are together things will be okay.The new single follows the previously released ‘Audacious’ which served as the lead single of their upcoming album ‘The Human Fear’.

The record is set for release on January 10 2025 via Domino. You can pre-order/pre-save the album here.Directed by Rianne White, the song’s accompanying black-and-white video sees the band highlight the space in which the album was recorded. “This song emulates the turbulent, transcendent immensity of feelings that live and breathe within four walls,” White shared in a press release.“Born with Franz Ferdinand in their Scottish studio, where they recorded this beauty, ‘Night or Day’ was a powerful meeting of visual and sound, all caught in the eye of 16mm black and white film.

These are the storms we dance in!”Speaking about the song and video in a press release, Kapranos said: “Life may never be easy, but damn, we’ll make sure we live it up night or day.

Night into day.“We collaborated with the hugely talented Rianne White to capture the Drama-Noir of the environment where we recorded this and the rest of the LP.