The Cranberries 'to record new album'

The Cranberries have revealed that they are planning to record their first new album in eight years.

The 'Zombie' group, whose last record Wake Up and Smell the Coffee was released in 2001, reunited earlier this year and said that they are eager to work on some new material.

"It would be nice to come up with a new record. I don't see why not. The ideas are always there, so hopefully something will come out of it," singer Dolores O'Riordan told the Chicago Sun-Times.

O'Riordan added that she has tentatively been working on new songs with guitarist bandmate Noel Hogan.

"Noel has been sending me lots of music, and I've been continually writing," she said.

"It's one of those things where we have to see what happens. There's no point in bringing out a crappy record. You want it to be good, so hopefully the creative juices are flowing."

The five-piece, who formed in Limerick in 1989, enjoyed Top 10 success with singles including 'Linger' and 'Zombie' in the early '90s.

The Cranberries were recently forced to cancel the Detroit date on their current US tour after O'Riordan had to attend to a "family matter".