Amalungu eqembu laseScotland uFranz Ferdinand aziwa njengabalandeli abazinikele Sparks, iqembu elidumile le-sophisti-pop elivela e-Los Angeles (e-USA) elabeka isitayela ngawo-1970. Ama-Scots ajabule ngaleli qembu kangangokuthi anqume ukuhlanganyela nawo ukuze akhe iqembu elikhulu elisha. Le phrojekthi eseceleni imenyezelwe njengeyokuqala amasonto ambalwa ngaphansi kwegama leFFS, futhi izohlanganisa uRon noRussell Mael, abafowabo ababili abasungula iSparks ngo-1971, ngaphezu kwamalungu amane kaFranz Ferdinand.
Nakuba isimemezelo seqembu elikhulu FFS Wenziwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kuleli sonto kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni uhlu lokugcina lwayo, kanye nezinsuku zamakhonsathi kanye nokubukwa komculo wabo omusha. Phakathi kokubukwa kuqala, kumenyezelwe ukuthi i-albhamu ye-FFS izoba nomdidiyeli we-indie we-indie uJohn Congleton, owaziwa ngokuthi useke wasebenza nawo womabili la maqembu, kanye nezibalo ezinjengoSigur Ros, uBryan Byrne, uSt. Vincent noNelly Furtado phakathi kwabanye. .
U-Alex Kapranos, umculi oholayo we UFranz Ferdinand, kuvezwe kungxoxo yakamuva: “Konke lokhu kwaqala ukuvela ngesikhathi womabili amaqembu edlala i-festival ye-Coachella eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Nakuba izikhathi eziningi abantu bethembisa ukusebenzelana ndawonye futhi kungenzeki lutho, kulokhu saqhubeka siqhubekela phambili futhi sishintshana ngemibono futhi kungazelelwe sase sinezingoma eziyisithupha eziqanjiwe, futhi sabona ukuthi lokhu kwase kusesimweni se-albhamu entsha ". Iqembu elisha lihlela ukuvela bukhoma ku-Benicàssim Festival elandelayo, maphakathi noJulayi.