Bloc Party Announce New Album 'Four'

Following a series of rumors and the band’s signing with Frenchkiss Records, today Bloc Party have officially announced their next studio album. The figure of four dominates the release. Their fourth album and their first for four years, the new record is sensibly entitled Four. It features production by Alex Newport (who has worked with The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In), was recorded and mixed in NYC and will drop on August 21 via Frenchkiss.

Four will be backed by a massive North American and European tour, and a detailed list of the dates, as well as Bloc Party’s trailer for the new record, can be found below. 

Bloc Party 2012 Tour:

06.19 – Glasgow, UK: Garage

06.20 – Manchester, UK: HMV Ritz

06.21 – London, UK: Koko

06.29 – Borlange, SE: Peace and Love Festival

07.05 – Sesimbra, PT: Super Bock Super Rock

07.06 – Gdynia, PL: Open’er Festival

07.08 – Turku, FI: Ruisrock Festival

07.12 – Bilbao, ES: Bilbao BBK Live

07.13-15 – Ferropolis, DE: Melt! Festival

07.28 – Byron Bay, AU: Splendour in the Grass

07.30 – Honolulu, HI: The Republik

08.03 – Los Angeles, CA: HARD Summer Music Fest

08.04 – Chicago, IL: Lollapalooza

08.05 – Montreal, QC: 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 Cosmopolitan

08.16 – Kiewitt, BE: Pukkelpop

08.17 – Biddinghuizen, NL: Lowlands Festival

08.18 – St. Polten, AT: Frequency Festival

08.24 – Paris, FR: Rock en Seine

08.25 – Zurich, CH: Open Air Festival

09.04 – Mallorca, ES: Mallorca Rocks

09.05 – Ibiza, ES: Ibiza Rocks

11.03 – Nantes, FR: Le Stereolux

11.04 – Lyon, FR: Le Transbordeur

11.05 – Bordeaux, FR: Le Rocher de Palmer

11.07 – Toulouse, FR: Le Bikini

11.08 – Milan, IT: Alcatraz

11.11 – Hamburg, DE: Docks

11.12 – Stuttgart, DE: Theatrehaus

11.13 – Dresden, DE: Eventwerk

11.15 – Munich, DE: Tonhalle

11.18 – Copenhagen, DK: Vega

11.20 – Oslo, NO: Rockafeller