Borrell praises 'no nonsense' Razorlight

Razorlight singer Jonny Borrell has praised the group's current lineup and revealed that they are making good progress on the follow-up to 2008 LP Slipway Fires.

The band were forced to draft in new drummer David 'Skully' Sullivan-Kaplan earlier this year after original member Andy Burrows quit following a row with Borrell.

"There's no nonsense around at the moment, just people who want to make music. We've done quite a few songs but it’s early days for titles," Music-News quotes Borrell as saying.

"It's back to the real basic team of the other four of us in a studio. Slipway Fires was like the art record and this will be totally different."

Borrell claimed that the group nearly went their separate ways following Burrows's decision to leave.

"It was not at all certain that we were going to carry on. We had kind of rehearsed for it because we had exactly the same situation just after the first album, where Christian Smith-Pancorvo left, then Andy came in," he said.

"But David fitted in right away. He's a really great guy and an excellent drummer so it feels new and exciting."

Earlier this year, Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones insisted that Razorlight were in "f**king trouble" if they didn't reinvent themselves.