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Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'We've already written new album Fallen Empires follow-up'

Published Wednesday, Sep 7 2011, 21:45 BST | By Paul Millar | Add comment

Snow Patrol performing a homecoming gig held at Ward Park, Ireland

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody has revealed that the band have already finished writing their seventh album.

The 'Chasing Cars' hitmakers also said that their sixth LP Fallen Empires, which is out in November, is their "longest" yet.

Speaking on Radio 2, frontman Lightbody declared: "We've already written the next album.

"The last track on Fallen Empires is going to be 'Broken Bottles Form A Star (Prelude)' and that will be the first track on the next album."

The singer added: "[Fallen Empires is] the longest album we've ever made by far but also the best.

"We took our time and I also had some bouts of writer's block. It's the first time it's happened for such a long time.

"I've had days when I haven't been able to write. Since 2009 I've gone through three writer's blocks but I'm glad because the results are great afterwards. They probably made me write better songs."

Watch the video for Snow Patrol's new single 'Called Out In The Dark' below: