Surprise Bloc Party Announcement!

How's this for a HUGE surprise announcement:
Bloc Party will be releasing their new album, Intimacy . . .on THURSDAY!

Since I'm completely incapable of reigning in the 10yr. old levels of joy I have for this happenstance, I'll just let you read the release from Bloc Party and let them tell you everything themselves:

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Bloc Party's third album, 'Intimacy' will be available August 21. It can be pre-ordered now via the band's website.

The album will also be available as a CD which will be delivered from October 27 and feature additional songs. Anyone pre-ordering the CD will also receive the digital album from August 21.

Bloc Party alerted fans to 'Intimacy's existence, as well as their ability to purchase the record instantly, when they hosted their first ever web chat on August 18. The album follows on from the release of their hit single 'Mercury' released on 11 August.

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