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Girls Aloud release their new album 'Out Of Control' on November 3rd through Fascination Records.

The 12-track album sees the UK's premiere girl group continue to take pop music to places it's never been before. Five albums into their career they are trailblazers who have consistently raised the bar and changed what it means to be a girlband in the 21st century.

Working again with the Xenomania team, Girls Aloud have been constantly challenging themselves in the studio. As Kimberley says : "We want to impress the fans with what we do, so we've tried to up our game with this album and step outside the comfort zone." Nadine adds: "Our aim from the beginning was to come up with songs that didn't sound like anything else out there."

Girls Aloud headed straight back into the studio straight after their sold out 'Tangled Up' arena tour this Spring. They took a break from recording to perform a thrilling set on the main stage at the V Festival this August. The lead single, 'The Promise' sees the girls explore the lush sounds of the Sixties. It's a sound that has already proved to be a winner. Even before release the single is already one of the most played Girls Aloud songs on radio. And the Sixties drive-in movie themed video has been inescapable if you have been anywhere near a music channel.

Over the course of the new album you get the sound-clash of styles that you expect from a Girls Aloud album. From the dancehall beats of 'Revolution In The Head' to the Eighties's electro synths of 'Love Is Pain' and the rollicking block-party chants of 'We Wanna Party'. Then there is 'The Loving Kind', a song that has already sent bloggers into meltdown before anyone has heard a note. The song is a co-write with Pet Shop Boys and sees two great British pop forces come together to produce a song that is set to become a Girls Aloud classic. The drum'n'bass beats of 'Live In The Country' flips the sound yet again. 'Out Of Control' is an album only Girls Aloud can pull off - and the reason why the UK has been in love with them for so long.

"For everything else that goes on around us, singing pop songs is what we do," says Sarah. "This is why we got into music in the first place. We feel like veterans now coming back with a fifth album but in some ways we learnt so much making this album and feel like we've still got a long way to go."