Arcade Fire 'taking time' on new LP

Arcade Fire are in no rush to release their third studio album, according to frontman Win Butler.

The group have revealed that they are taking their time working on the follow-up to 2007's Neon Bible.

"It’s been really rewarding over the last couple months to not have to be like, 'OK guys, we're gonna make a new record, it's gonna take six months, we're recording in this studio'," Butler told Pitchfork.

"It's like, 'We have no idea what we're doing, but I feel like playing with you this afternoon, so how about we have some tea and play songs for a little bit.'"

Butler added that he is keen to avoid the three-year hiatus between the release of the group's debut album Funeral in 2004 and its follow-up.

"I mean, I don’t think any of us want to spend three years making a new record. But after the last five years, I think it’s been super healthy for us to just stay at home, tend our gardens, and actually have a real life… I think we're all really excited."

The group's 2007 album Neon Bible topped the Canadian and Irish album charts and made it to number two in the UK and US.