Elbow's Island Retreat

24 February 2009

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Elbow are recording their next album on a remote island.

The BRIT award-winning group - who scooped Best British Band and Best British Album for ‘The Seldom Seen Kid' at last week's ceremony - have retreated to a former church off the Scottish coast to begin work on their next LP.

Frontman Guy Garvey said: "We've just been recording some new material in Mull, which is the most beautiful place on Earth.

Meanwhile, the band are set to open the Shockwaves NME awards on February 25 with their hit single ‘Grounds For Divorce'

"It's a converted church by some snow-capped mountains on the edge of a lake."

Meanwhile, the band are set to open the Shockwaves NME awards on February 25 with their hit single ‘Grounds For Divorce'.

Commenting on the news, Guy joked: Play first and you don't have to wait to start drinking,"

Franz Ferdinand, Glasvegas, Friendly Fires and The Cure - who will receive the Godlike Genius accolade - are also set ot performa t the ceremony at London's O2 Academy.

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