For months, Frank Ocean has been offering hints of new material: new songs at Coachella, some bonus material from a would-be deluxe edition of Nostalgia, Ultra., and the occasional offhand mention of a new album during live shows. And then yesterday, he came back into the spotlight in a huge way. He announced tour dates, a new album, and released the single "Pyramids". The song's a 10-minute R&B event, traveling from club banger ancient Egypt ("send the cheetahs to the tomb") to the slow jam strip club ("she's workin' at the Pyramid tonight"). It's a journey well-suited to Ocean's smooth croon.

[from Channel Orange; out July 17 via Def Jam]