Bloc Party have shared details of their forthcoming sixth studio album ‘Alpha Games’, due out on 29 April 2022.

The record will be the band’s first studio release since 2016s ‘Hymns’ and feature new single ‘Traps’.

Frontman Kele Okereke commented, “From the moment we wrote ‘Traps’, we knew it had to be the first thing people heard from this album; playing it in soundchecks on our last tour before it was finished and hearing how it sounded in those big rooms and outdoors.”

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The indie icons have also confirmed that they’ll be hitting the road on tour next year in support of the album. The run of shows will be their first since 2019, when they performed their seminal debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in full across the UK, Europe and North America.

Bloc Party 2022 UK Tour Dates:

Birmingham O2 Academy, 26 May
Nottingham Rock City, 27
London Alexandra Palace, 28
Bristol O2 Academy, 30
Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, 31
Newcastle O2 City Hall, 02 June
Glasgow Barrowland, 03
Leeds O2 Academy, 04

Tickets on sale Friday (03 December) at 9am from Gigantic Ticketmaster See Tickets

Bloc Party ‘Alpha Games’ Full Album Tracklisting:

Day Drinker
Traps
You Should Know the Truth
Callum Is a Snake
Rough Justice
The Girls Are Fighting
Of Things Yet to Come
Sex Magik
By Any Means Necessary
In Situ
If We Get Caught
The Peace Offering

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