"Always Ascending" is an album released by which artist?

“Always Ascending” is an album released by Franz Ferdinand. It is the Scottish indie-rock band’s fifth studio album and was released on February 9, 2018, by Domino Recording Company.

The album marked Franz Ferdinand’s return after the collaborative project FFS, their 2015 supergroup with Sparks. It was also the band’s first album featuring keyboardist and guitarist Julian Corrie, who joined after founding guitarist Nick McCarthy departed in 2016. Producer Philippe Zdar helped shape the record’s polished mixture of indie rock, dance-punk, new wave, and electronic textures.

The title track was released as the lead single in October 2017, several months before the album. Other notable tracks include “Feel the Love Go,” “Lazy Boy,” and “Glimpse of Love.” “Always Ascending” reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and number three in Scotland. A common mix-up is treating the title as a single only; it is both the name of the lead single and the album.