Interpol working on "orchestral" LP

Interpol are working on an "orchestral"-sounding new album, according to frontman Paul Banks.

The singer revealed that the band's fourth album will have a more classical feel than 2007 outing Our Love To Admire.

"There's some really classical stuff going on," he told BBC 6 Music. "[Bassist] Carlos [Dengler] has gone to total new levels of crazy sophisticated orchestration."

Banks insisted that the new album, which is due out early next year, is "very different" from their previous records, despite drummer Sam Fogarino's claim that it will be similar to their 2002 debut Turn On The Bright Lights.

"What we've worked on is a real step forward and just very different and very relaxed in what we're doing," he said. "It certainly doesn't sound like anything we've ever done before, to me."

Turn On The Bright Lights was last month named the eighth best album of the decade by NME.