Super Junior to release new album Aug 3

Super Junior member Eunhyuk [SM Entertainment]

Boy band Super Junior will release their fifth full-length album next month, their agency announced on Wednesday.

Through a statement, SM Entertainment said that the album will hit stores on August 3, the boys' first studio release in over a year.

To promote the upcoming album, a teaser image of each member of the group will be unveiled everyday, starting with Eunhyuk today, SM added.

"The members of our group have looked forward to this fifth album as much as our fans have. We'd like to communicate with our fans all around the world with our new music and performance," Super Junior was quoted as saying in the press release.

Super Junior has been one of the most popular K-pop bands in the world since their debut in 2005, having released a number of hit songs such as "Don't Don," "Sorry Sorry" and "BONAMANA" which have topped a number of music charts in Korea and in the Asia region.

For their third Asia tour they performed in a total of 13 cities including Seoul, Yokohama, Beijing, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh which all sold out.

Most recently, they took the stage at Le Zenith de Paris with SM Entertainment labelmates for "SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in PARIS."

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