The Specials hint at new material

The reformed Specials have hinted that they may record new material together later this year.

Frontman Terry Hall claimed that the ska group would consider entering the studio together if they can create tracks of high enough quality, but insisted that "nothing has been written" so far.

"We've all agreed that if we're going to make an album, it's got to an incredibly great album," Hall told Spinner.

"If we're up for that, and we think that we have the parts in place, there's no reason we won't start recording."

The last LP from the band with Hall in the lineup, More Specials, was released in 1980.

When asked whether the band's new songs would have a similar political message to their old material, Hall said: "Those topics are still there today. They take on different shapes.

"For example, racism in the UK, it's sort of swerved a little. It's heavily against eastern Europeans, whereas in the '70s, when we formed, a lot of the racism was directed against Asian people. But it still exists. It still affects us every day."