Kate Tempest announces new album Let Them Eat Chaos

The Mercury-nominated singer will play a string of UK gigs in December

Kate Tempest's 2014 debut Everybody Down earned her a Mercury Prize nomination (AFP/Getty)

Kate Tempest has announced details of her new album Let Them Eat Chaos with a powerful teaser posted on YouTube.

The award-winning British poet and rapper will release the follow-up to her 2014 Mercury-nominated debut Everybody Down on 7 October after re-enlisting the talents of producer Dan Carey.

Tempest returned to the studio last year after finishing her recent novel The Bricks That Built The Houses, a “multi-generational tale of drugs, desire and belonging”.

Fans can download new track “Picture a Vacuum” instantly after pre-ordering the new album on iTunes and listen to “Europe is Lost”, first shared last November here:

The full tracklist for Let Them Eat Chaos has also been revealed, as follows:

“Picture a Vacuum”

“Lionmouth Door Knocker”

“Ketamine for Breakfast”

“Europe is Lost”

“We Die”

“Whoops”

“Brews”

“Don’t Fall In”

“Pictures on a Screen”

“Perfect Coffee”

“Grubby”

“Breaks”

“Tunnel Vision”

Tempest, 30, has already confirmed a string of UK gigs for December when she will play Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham, Norwich, Manchester, Bristol and London.