Amalungu eqela laseSkotlani uFranz Ferdinand aziwa njengabathandi abazinikeleyo kulo Ibangela, i-legendary sophisti-pop duo yase-Los Angeles (e-USA) eyamisela isitayile kwiminyaka yee-1970. Oko kunconywa ngabantu baseScots kweli qela kangangokuba baye bagqiba ekubeni badibanise imikhosi kunye nabo ukuze benze iqela elitsha. Le projekthi yecala elitsha yabhengezwa njengeyokuqala kwiiveki ezimbalwa phantsi kwegama leFFS, kwaye iya kuba noRon noRussell Mael, abazalwana ababini abaseki bakaSparks ngo-1971, ngaphezu kwamalungu amane kaFranz Ferdinand.
Nangona isibhengezo se-supergroup ffs Yenziwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kule veki umgca wokugqibela wayo waziswa ngokusesikweni, kunye nemihla yekonsathi kunye nomboniso womculo wabo omtsha. Phakathi komboniso, kwabhengezwa ukuba icwecwe leFFS liza kuba nomvelisi we-indie rock osekiweyo uJohn Congleton, owaziwa ngokuba sele esebenze nawo omabini amaqela, kunye namanani afana noSigur Ros, uBryan Byrne, iSt. Vincent kunye noNelly Furtado phakathi kwabanye. .
UAlex Kapranos, imvumi ye UFranz Ferdinand, ityhilwe kudliwano-ndlebe lwakutshanje: “Konke oku kwaqala ukuvela xa omabini amaqela edlala umnyhadala weCoachella kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo. Nangona amaxesha amaninzi abantu bethembisa ukusebenzisana kunye kwaye akukho nto yenzekayo, ngeli xesha siqhubela phambili kwaye sitshintshiselana ngezimvo kwaye ngequbuliso sele sineengoma ezintandathu eziqanjiweyo, kwaye saqonda ukuba le sele ikwimo yecwecwe elitsha ". Iqela elitsha liceba ukuqala ngokuphila ngexesha loMnyhadala weBenicàssim olandelayo, phakathi kuJulayi.