At 19, Alex Kapranos was promoting independent gigs in Glasgow. Working a laundry list of jobs to keep playing music, he eventually broke through as one of the zeitgeists of British indie rock. Now releasing their sixth album The Human Fear, featuring some of their best work, Alex looks back on years of putting his life where his belief is.

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