Kwakuyinyanga edlule lapho sine izindaba zakamuva zeFFS, ibhendi eyakhiwe amalungu kaFranz Ferdinand kanye nabafowabo ababili abasunguli be-sophisti-pop duo Sparks, uRon noRussell Mael. Kulezi zinsuku enye yezindikimba ze I-albhamu yokuqala ye-FFS enesihloko sayo. Le single yokuqala inesihloko esithi 'Piss Off'. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingoma eyodwa ihambisane nosuku lokushicilelwa kwe-LP: Juni 8, ilebula ye-Domino Records.
Ukhulume kanjalo ngenyanga edlule u-Alex Kapranos, umculi ophambili we UFranz Ferdinand, mayelana nale phrojekthi entsha: “Konke lokhu kwaqala ukwenzeka ngesikhathi amaqembu womabili edlala kwifestiveli yeCoachella eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Nakuba izikhathi eziningi abantu bethembisa ukusebenzelana ndawonye futhi akukho okwenzekayo, kulokhu saqhubeka siqhubekela phambili futhi sishintshana ngemibono futhi kungazelelwe sase sinezingoma eziyisithupha eziqanjiwe, futhi saqaphela ukuthi lokhu kwase kusesimweni se-albhamu entsha». I-FFS ibe nokusebenzisana komdidiyeli uJohn Congleton, osevele esebenze nawo womabili amaqembu, ngaphezu kokuba esebenze ndawonye nezibalo ezinjengoSigur Ros, uBryan Byrne, uSt. Vincent noNelly Furtado phakathi kwabanye.
I-FFS izokwenza umdlalo wayo wokuqala bukhoma eSpain maduze nje, ngoJulayi ozayo, ku-Benicàssim Festival. Sikushiya manje neyokuqala eyodwa: 'Awu hambe la'.