The Fall have announced details of a new album and UK tour.

Mark E Smith and co will play eight gigs in November ahead of the release of 'Ersatz G.B', their 29th studio LP.

The Manchester band have also pencilled in dates at the Incubate Festival in the Netherlands (September 18), SWN festival in Cardiff (October 22) and All Tomorrow's Parties at Butlin's Minehead in December.

The Fall will play:

SWN Festival, Cardiff University (October 22)
Leeds Stylus (November 2)
Edinburgh HMV Picture House (3)
Newcastle Riverside (4)
York Fibbers (5)
Cambridge Junction (15)
Brighton Concorde 2 (17)
Leicester The Auditorium (18)
London indigo2 (24)

'Ersatz G.B' can be pre-ordered from The Fall's label Cherry Red Records' website. Smith has previously claimed the LP will be a departure from their 2010 record 'Your Future Our Clutter' and will contain "Greek heavy metal".

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The tracklisting ofВ 'Ersatz G.B' is:

01. Cosmos 7
02. Taking Off
03. Kennedy
04. Mask Search
05. Greenway
06. Happy Song
07. Monocard
08. Laptop
09. I've Seen Them
10. Change