Bloc Party - Mercury

Bloc Party's cryptic countdown clock from the weekend revealed the band had indeed penned new material - a single in fact called 'Mercury'. Continually moving away from their earlier material and likely to shock a lot of fans, the new song is heavy on warped horns and dubstep-inspired beats.

It's not known if like last release 'Flux', whether 'Mercury' will be a standalone single or feature on the quartet's currently-in-production third album, which with a bit of luck will be released before 2008 is over.