Maroon 5: 'We want to release new album soon'

Maroon 5 have revealed that they are eager to release their new album.

The band, who recently released their collaboration with Christina Aguilera titled 'Moves Like Jagger', insisted that they are adamant to put out new material sooner rather than later.

Speaking to Billboard, Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine explained: "We've sort of taken our time with our last two studio albums, for a couple of different reasons, but this time we're going to turn around a lot quicker and hopefully have something out by next year, earlier next year."

He added: "We've got a mobile recording rig. We're gonna try to start writing songs while we're out here on tour, so hopefully that'll go well."

Valentine revealed that the band are writing new material all of the time and that they have "hundreds" of ideas they want to work on.

He continued: "You can do a tremendous amount with just your laptop. We basically carry studios around in our backpacks, so we're always able to create no matter where we are - literally on airplanes, on buses and a lot of hotel rooms."

The new album will serve as the follow-up to 2010's Hands All Over, which reached number two on the US Billboard 200 and number six on the UK album chart.

Maroon 5 recently joined a campaigned with REM and John Mayer to prevent music fans from falling victim to online ticket touts.

Watch the music video for 'Moves Like Jagger' below: