Bloc Party unveil LP

Surprise announcement that the band's new album is available from Thursday

19 August 2008 - Bloc Party have revealed details of their new album during a webchat with their fans.

Their third record is titled Intimacy and the digital version of the record will be made available from their official website www.blocparty.com this Thursday 21 August.

However, the physical CD won't arrive until the 27 October - but the band have stated that it will contain extra as-yet-unnamed, "different tracks," from the digital version.

Produced by previous Bloc Party producers Paul Epworth (Silent Alarm) and Jacknife Lee (A Weekend in the City) the album is available to pre-order from the band's official website now.

Intimacy was recorded in Kent and London and the first single, Mercury, was released on 11 August and marks a more experimental sound for the band.

The band are set to perform at the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend (22-24 August) and the Scotland Connect Festival on Saturday 30 August.

The Intimacy tracklisting:

1. Ares
2. Mercury
3. Halo
4. Biko
5. Trojan Horse
6. Signs
7. One Month Off
8. Zephyrus
9. Better Than Heaven
10. Ion Square

Georgie Rogers