Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have announced that they will release a new album next year.

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, the Australian band's fourteenth LP, was recorded over the summer at State Of The Ark studios in Richmond.

It was produced jointly by the group and Nick Launey, who collaborated on their last double album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus.

No track list has been revealed, but it will feature artwork by British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster.

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! will be released on March 3, 2008, with news of a first single and tour expected in the near future.