The Ting Tings: 'We were pigeonholed'

The Ting Tings have revealed that they hate being marketed as a "cool" and "credible" pop band.

The group, who are gearing up for the release of their sophomore album, eventually decided to make the LP away from their hometown of Manchester in fear of replicating the sound of their first record.

"Doing it in Manchester seemed too much like trying to replicate the first album," Jules De Martino told NME.

"We hated the fact we'd become pigeonholed as a cool DIY 'credible' pop band. We always felt we were more than that - we want to have big shows, like a proper pop band."

Frontwoman Katie White also admitted that they shunned the celebrity club scene during their first album because of their non-stop touring.

"We weren't bothered with much of that," she explained. "I was more into going to Netto supermarket in my pyjamas rather than clubbing."

"I had already ended up in hospital over Christmas. We'd been knocking ourselves out for two years - saying yes to absolutely everything, touring so hard. I went back to my mum's and concentrated on getting well."

The Ting Tings release their new single, 'Hands', on October 11.