Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos has found fatherhood a familiar experience – as it reminds him of his band’s early days.
Kapranos and wife Clara Luciani welcomed their first child last year, and the 52-year-old told BBC Scotland News departing on tours with his band is now “really difficult.”
“Saying goodbye to him is hard,” says the singer, speaking as his band prepare to release their sixth album, The Human Fear, in January.
“A lot of people said to me that sleep deprivation would destroy me, but it was just like 2004 when the band was kicking off and I never went to bed.
“We’d be playing gigs, going out all night and then be up at 6am to fly somewhere. I slept about two hours a night back then, so this is the same – just without a hangover.”
Kapranos will be forced to say goodbye on a few occasions as 2025 goes on, with a busy year in store for Franz – now revamped and reformatted since those early days, but still adept at writing artful indie pop.
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