Way back in January of this year, Bloc Party frontman, Kele Okereke took to Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show to tell fans of the progress Bloc Party had made on their new album. The news wasn’t perhaps out of the blue, but with rumours of tensions between the band members, a fourth release was far from guaranteed.
Today however, Okereke took to his own website to announce the details of the outfits first release since 2008′s, Intimacy. The suitably titled fourth album, Four, is set for release on the 21st July via Frenchkiss records. Also announced was an extensive list of tour dates, which you’ll be able to see at the bottom of the page.
Okereke said of the upcoming release:
We have just finished mixing our new record. I am very proud of it. It is the best thing that we have ever done and finishing this record has taken us on quite a journey.
The singer also outlined a series of problems the band had to overcome to finish the record, including “babies, breakdowns, tantrums and hospitalisations”. Four was recorded in New York in the winter of 2011, and is set to focus heavily around the effect 2011 had on Okereke, who stated; “in terms of global history, the most dramatic year I have experienced in my entire life.”
Watch a teaser for Bloc Party’s new release below:
Tour dates:
06/19 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Garage
06/20 – Manchester, England @ The Ritz
06/21 – London, England @ Koko
06/24 – Tokyo, Japan @ Ebisu Garden Hall
06/29 – Borlange, Sweden @ Peace & Love Festival
07/04 – Gdynia, Poland @ Heineken Opener Festival
07/05 – Sesimbra, Portugal @ Super Bock Super Rock
07/06 – Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival
07/08 – Turku, Finland @ Ruisrock Festival
07/12 – Bilbao, Spain @ BBK Live
07/13 – Ferropolis, Germany @ Melt Festival
07/20 – Charrues, France @ Festival Les Vieilles
07/21 – Nyon, Switzerland @ Paleo Fest
07/28 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Splendour in the Grass
07/30 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
08/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hard Festival
08/04 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/05 – Montreal, Quebec @ Osheaga Festival
08/07 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/08 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/09 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool at the Cosmopolitan
08/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/16 – St. Polten, Austria @ Frequency
08/17 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands @ Lowlands
08/18 – St. Polten, Austria @ Frequency
08/24 – Saint-Cloud, France @ Rock en Seine
08/25 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Open Air Festival
09/04 – Mallorca, Spain @ Mallorca Rocks
09/05 – Ibiza, Spain @ Ibiza Rocks
11/03 – Nantes, France @ Le Stereolux
11/04 – Lyon, France @ Le Transbordeur
11/05 – Bordeaux, France @ Le Rocher de Palmer
11/07 – Toulouse, France @ Le Bikini
11/08 – Milan, Italy @ Acatrax
11/11 – Hamburg, Germany @ Docks
11/12 – Stuttgart, Germany @ Theatrehause
11/13 – Dresden, Germany @ Eventwerk
11/14 – Munich, Germany @ Tonhalle
11/18 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
11/19 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Munich Brewery
11/20 – Oslo, Norway @ Rockafeller
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