Arcade Fire member Richard Parry has revealed that the band are recording new material.

Speaking to The Quietus, Parry said, “I am in New York doing some recording in a studio - Arcade Fire stuff... recording some strings for some new songs. Just some songs."

Discussing of the song writing process Parry stated, “Win (Butler) is definitely the main songwriter, but we all contribute a lot, it's a very involved group project.”

Parry then stated that the band do not have any time to tour “for the foreseeable future”.

(by David Renshaw)