Always Ascending is the fifth studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand.

Several tracks from the album are featured during scenes or the closing credits of various episodes of the television show Loudermilk.

[8][9][10] Prior to the announcement of the album, the band shared a short snippet of the title track on social media platforms on 23 October 2017.

[17] The album was released on physical and digital formats on 9 February 2018 by the Domino Recording Company.

[18] A bundle was also made available which included a 180 gram blue and white marble-colored vinyl and other special merchandise items, limited to 1,500 copies.

[19] The Japanese CD edition of the album was released through Hostess Entertainment and featured the band's non-album single "Demagogue" (2016) from 30 Days, 30 Songs as a bonus track.

[21] All tracks are written by Julian Corrie, Bob Hardy, Alex Kapranos, Dino Bardot and Paul ThomsonAll personnel adapted from liner notes.