He believes they've "mixed it up a little more" than they did on 2012's The Whippoorwill, their first record to be released in the UK.

But he insists they haven't moved too far away from the hard blues rock that's been gaining them attention.

The record, which hasn't been named yet, was produced by Brendan O'Brien. Starr tells Rolling Stone: "It's not a huge departure - there's really big rock'n'roll songs and some laid-back moments as well.

"We recorded live a lot again and we tried a few different things; some of it's top-secret but nothing that's so radically different. Have no fear. We didn't make a hip-hop record."