Snow Patrol 'definitely releasing a new album next year'

Snow Patrol have announced that they will release a new album next year.

The follow-up to 2008's 'A Hundred Million Suns', the as-yet untitled LP will be out sometime in 2011.

"Definitely next year, at what point we don't know," drummer Jonny Quinn told the Daily Record. "It will be after February and before July. We're going to record new material in October."

As for inspiration for their sixth studio effort, Quinn revealed that being outdoors is proving useful, although admitted that the group write in various places.

"These days, it's better to be out somewhere in the open, by the sea, he explained. "I live by the sea in Ireland and I find that's the most inspiring time, sitting with a guitar on the beach, but we write on the tour bus, in dressing rooms, in the studio and in phone boxes, because no one is using them because everyone has mobile phones."

Snow Patrol post comeback single 'Called Out In The Dark' online - audio

Snow Patrol have unveiled their comeback single 'Called Out In The Dark'.

The track will be the first single taken from their upcoming sixth studio album, which will be the follow-up to 2008's 'A Hundred Million Suns'.

It will be released as a single track and as part of an EP on September 4. Listen to the song by scrolling down and clicking below.

The band recorded the song in Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles with producer Jacknife Lee, who has worked on their previous three albums.

Should be "If I lie here" not "lay" unless he's talking about having sex.

Snow Patrol post comeback video for 'Called Out In The Dark' online – video



Snow Patrol have posted a comeback video for their new single 'Called Out In The Dark' online.

The clip sees the band's frontman Gary Lightbody replaced by Pirates Of The Caribbean actor Jack Davenport for the video shoot.

While recording for the promo takes place, the Snow Patrol frontman can be seen trying to get back on set to be featured in the video.

The clip for the track was directed by Brett Simon, who has previously worked on The Killers' 'Somebody Told Me'. Watch the clip above.

Snow Patrol previously posted the single online last month. It will be released as a single track and as part of an EP on September 4.

The band recorded the song in Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles with producer Jacknife Lee, who has worked on their previous three albums.

Snow Patrol: 'We've already written our next album'

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has revealed that the band have already finished writing their seventh studio album.

The band aren't set to release their sixth studio LP 'Fallen Empires' until November, but in an interview with BBC Radio 2, the singer claimed that they had already written its follow-up.

He also described 'Fallen Empires' as the band's best album so far, and suggested that the bouts of writers block he had experienced during making the LP had helped him "write better songs".

He said:


When talking about the writing process for 'Fallen Empires', meanwhile, he added:


Snow Patrol posted their comeback single 'Called Out In The Dark' online last month. The song will be released as both a single track and as part of an EP on September 4.