Kasabian album freebie

Band giving away a turbo-charged track from their Empire follow-up

26 March 2009 - Vlad The Impaler from Kasabian’s third record,The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum, will become available on 31 March.

The album is not out until 8 June but fans will be able to download one of the tracks off it for free from their official website for a period of four days, until midnight on 13 April.

The song was written by guitarist and vocalist Serge Pizzorno with assistance on production from Dan The Automator, famed for his work with Gorillaz and DJ Shadow.

“Vlad is a total chaos tune,” explained Serge. “It’s a call out to all our people, the ones who are tuned into our radio station.”

The track’s music video features Noel Fielding and was filmed on a potato farm outside Doncaster.

The Mighty Boosh star plays a character who causes havoc at every turn in the video, which was directed by Richard Ayoade. His credits include Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend.

The first single from the latest batch will be Fire, out on 1 June.The band are performing at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow (26 March) as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs and you'll be able to hear from them on the Music Week here on 6 Music at 1pm GMT on Sunday 29 March.