Bloc Party Intimacy Album Announced

Bloc Party have shocked fans by announcing they will release their third album 'Intimacy' this Thursday August 21.

The album will be available in three ways - a digital download available on Thursday, a CD with additional songs that will be delivered to fans on October 27th, or as a CD & MP3 package.

Pre-orders are being taken directly through the band's website now.

'Intimacy' was produced by Paul Epworth ('Silent Alarm') and Jacknife Lee ('A Weekend in the City') and was recorded in Kent and London.

According to a press-release, "some songs are Bloc Party at their most wildly experimental, while other tracks are simply classic Bloc Party, fitting in seamlessly amongst fan-favourites 'Helicopter', 'Banquet' and 'So Here We Are'."

The band are also preparing to perform at the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend.

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