The Cribs have begun recording on their fifth album, which guitarist Johnny Marr has said is “quite different”.

The group have started work on the follow-up to 2009’s ‘Ignore The Ignorant’ ahead of the start of the summer festival season.

"The new stuff, particularly that Ryan [Jarman’s] coming up with is quite different. He'll kill me if I tell you," Marr told BBC 6 Music.

"Well, Ryan's been playing some keyboards and he's got very inspired by it so it still sounds like the band and his lyrics are always really interesting.

Marr, a former member of The Smiths, added that he was “excited” about the new album.

(by Jason Gregory)