The Dears Name Missles Album & Release Date

The Dears have unveiled the first details of their next long-player 'Missles' - their first new material in two years.

The follow-up to 2006's 'Gang Of Losers' has a UK release date of October 20th, with the US and Canada getting the LP the next day (Oct 21st). Dangerbird Records will release the album.

One band member - keyboardist / vocalist Natalia Yanchak - has spoken about the new songs in her blog, saying: "In a recent interview on XFM, Morrissey spoke of his new album, saying: 'Journalists won't like it but real people will.' And you know I feel the same way -- not about his album but about The Dears' album."

"We have been pretty busy planning our release, that we hope at least some journalists will like. We hope everyone would like it, journalist or not, but we understand that there are many haters out there so it's out of our control."