Former RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist JOHN FRUSCIANTE has announced that he will be releasing his 11th full length studio album, entitled 'Enclosure,' on April 8th.

"Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous five years," says FRUSCIANTE.

"It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX."

FRUSCIANTE is offering fans a free download of the album's first song recorded for the album, 'Scratch' on his official website. He wrote, produced, and engineered the new album in his Los Angeles studio.

Check out the free song here.