The Futureheads have spoken to NME.com about writing their new album. The band are on tour for most of the rest of the year, but guitarist Barry Hyde has revealed that he's written a new song 'Areas' which has already been incorporated into their set, and that they expect to add more songs as they write them.
"I've been writing a few songs about crime," he said
"What I'm trying to do is write songs about morbid things but make them really joyous on the ear. 'Areas' is about going to places and ending up in the wrong side of town, places that have just let to rot."
The band also say that they are looking forward to **Radio 1's Big
Weekend** because it's in their hometown of Sunderland: "It's great for us, but it's also great for Sunderland. Generally bands completely skip the north east of England so to have something like this in Sunderland is incredible," he declared, "We've got 200 people coming down. People we went to school with, plus the whole family - even grandmothers!"