Klaxons to make 'heavier' second album

Klaxons have revealed they plan to begin writing their second album.

The band who won Mercury Music Prize on Tuesday (September 4) with ’Myths Of The Near Future’ have been working on ideas for the follow up for a while, but explained they now have two weeks to flesh out their thoughts.

“We’ve got about two weeks off to write and maybe demo some stuff and then we’re off around the world for three months," explained James Righton. “We’ve got a few ideas for the new record. We’re going to make a swollen pop record, something that’s swollen, more pop, more heavier, and more everything.

“It’s not about ‘now we’ve won this we change anything', we just keep on doing what we’re doing.”

When asked about the pressure to follow up the album after the win, he said: “The more pressure the better, we work well under pressure. When we’ve got time on our hands we don’t work well, when we’re given a limited amount of time we pull our fingers out and work hard.”

Righton also told XFM that he would be giving his share of £20,000 prize away for winning the Mercury.

“I’m gonna give the award to my Mum," he explained. "She deserves it more than anyone and this is all for her because she always had faith, always knew this was gonna happen.”