Hot Chip will return next year, following a year long absence and the offering of two solo albums, with the release of the yet-to-be-titled followup to 2008′s masterful Made in the Dark. The effort, which looks to be a two-disc, CD/DVD affair, will hit stores in early 2010 — “to warm the cockles of your soul right in the middle of the bleak mid-winter, the band explains — and will be supported by a newly announced 12-date U.K. tour (with more dates surely to follow). Oh, and a preview of what is to come can be heard right this very second as the band is offering a new track (for free) to anyone who pre-orders the album via its website.

Hot Chip 2010 Tour Dates:
02/12 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
02/13 – Edinburgh, UK @ Picture House
02/15 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
02/16 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
02/18 – Newcastle, UK @ O2 Academy
02/19 – Manchester, UK @ Academy
02/20 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
02/22 – Bournemouth, UK @ O2 Academy
02/23 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
02/24 – Norwich, UK @ UEA
02/26 – London, UK @ Brixton Academy
02/27 – London, UK @ Brixton Academy