Nhengo dzeboka reScotland Franz Ferdinand vanozivikanwa kuva vanoyemura vanozvipira ve Sparks, anozivikanwa sophisti-pop vaviri kubva kuLos Angeles (USA) avo vakagadzira masitayera muma1970. Ndiko kuyemura kwevaScots veboka iri zvekuti vakasarudza kubatana navo kuti vagadzire boka idzva. Iyi nyowani yeprojekti yedivi yakaziviswa seyokutanga kwemavhiki mashoma pasi pezita reFFS, uye ichave naRon naRussell Mael, hama mbiri dzekutanga dzeSpark muna 1971, kuwedzera kune nhengo ina dzaFranz Ferdinand.
Kunyangwe kuziviswa kwesupergroup FFS Yakagadzirwa kutanga kwegore rino, svondo rino mutsara wakasarudzika wakaratidzwa zviri pamutemo, pamwe nemazuva ekonzati uye kuongorora kwemimhanzi yavo nyowani. Pakati pekutarisa, zvakaziviswa kuti iyo FFS albha ichave neyakagadzwa indie rock mugadziri John Congleton, anozivikanwa nekuve atove akashanda nemapoka ese, uye zvakare nenhamba dzakadai saSigur Ros, Bryan Byrne, St. Vincent naNelly Furtado pakati pevamwe .
Alex Kapranos, muimbi we Franz Ferdinand, yakaziviswa muhurukuro yapfuura: “Izvi zvese zvakatanga kubuda apo zvikwata zvese izvi zvakaridza mutambo weCoachella makore mashoma apfuura. Kunyangwe hazvo nguva zhinji vanhu vachivimbisa kushandira pamwe chete uye pasina chinoitika, panguva ino takaramba tichienda kumberi nekuchinjana mazano uye takangoerekana tatova nenziyo nhanhatu dzakanyorwa, uye takazoona kuti iyi yaive yatove muchimiro chebhuku idzva ". Iri boka idzva rinoronga kutanga kurarama mukati meinotevera Benicàssim Mutambo, pakati paJuly.