Snow Patrol took music lessons for new LP

Gary Lightbody has revealed that members of his band Snow Patrol took music lessons to improve their playing.

The frontman confessed that the group made an effort to become better musicians for the benefit of their new album A Hundred Million Suns.

"We really had to step up a gear to meet the ambition that we had," he told MTV. "We're all reasonably good musicians. I just think that, between the five of us, we make an awesome noise. We fit.

"We wanted to do something extraordinary this time, and we really needed to shape up to do it."

A Hundred Million Suns, which drummer Johnny Quinn earlier claimed would be the band's "best album yet", will be released on October 27.