Elbow have confirmed that they are working on new songs for the follow-up to their Mercury Music Prize winning โ€˜The Seldom Seen Kidโ€™.

The band plan to record the new material after their gig at the MEN Arena in Manchester on September 18.

Advertisement

Singer Guy Garvey told BBC 6 Music: โ€œWeโ€™ve got 30 or 40 odds and ends musically.

โ€œIโ€™ve got a couple of books worth of scribbles, so weโ€™re just going to keep doing that for maybe six months.โ€

Elbow will record the new album in their studio, โ€˜Blueprintโ€™, in Salford.

Advertisement

Garvey explained: โ€œIโ€™m looking forward to being back in the bunker again, itโ€™s a great space on every level and itโ€™s got a real community buzz about it.โ€

More Elbow news