Bloc Party frontman and arguable band leader Kele Okereke recently announced that he would release his solo debut record in July, through Wichita Recordings. Now there's a small slice of it to listen to, as well as a UK and Irish tour ANNNNNNND more: the album art has also been revealed. Let's take a look at that first. Looks fairly illustratively simple and straightforward...

And now the song itself, 'Tenderoni':

And finally those tour dates:

May: 14 - Dolans, Limerick
15 - Cyprus Avenue, Cork
16 - The Academy, Dublin
17 - Spring and Airbrake, Belfast

June:
11 - Plug, Sheffield
12 - Warehouse Project Fest, Manchester
24 - Digital, Brighton

July:
1 - Cockpit, Leeds
2 - Academy 2, Oxford
3 - University, Southampton
5 - Waterfront, Norwich
6 - Village Underground, London
8 - Digital, Newcastle
12 - Thekla, Bristol
13 - Ultra!, Nottingham
14 - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham
28 - Leeds Festival, Leeds
29 - Reading Festival, Reading

The Boxer comes to you via Wichita on June 21. 'Tenderoni' will be with you a week earlier, on June 14.