Bloc Party’s long-awaited new album Intimacy will be released tomorrow as a legal music download through the band’s official website. The news came as a bit of a shock to music fans who weren’t expecting the album to touch down so soon. A band who can certainly live up to their own hype, Bloc Party’s new album has yet to make its way to filesharing networks, which means that if you want to be the first to have a copy, you need to buy it.

The album features 10 tracks and was produced by Paul Epworth and Jacknife Lee. You can order the MP3 of the album for 5 quid, which sounds like a fair price to us. A CD version will be released on October 27 for 8 pounds. This actually seems like the most sensible way to release an album given the current filesharing climate. Hats off to Bloc Party. We’re yet to hear the album, but we’ll let you know what it’s like once we’ve had a listen.

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