Elbow are to go into the studio following their recent Mercury Music Prize win, to record an album of children's music.
Guy Garvey revealed that the Mancunians had planned the project because several members of the band had children, and had realised that there was a lack of music aimed solely towards young 'uns.
"The first thing to do is find the story and that's great fun to research. I want to do something that really fires kids' imaginations. I think you can go somewhere in writing for children that you can't do with adults. I think adults would just say 'Oh, that's bizarre' and shut their ears. Whereas [when writing for children] you can really go absolutely nuts and kids will follow you and love it," he told Billboard.
The album will also be accompanied by an animation that's inspired by 'H.G. Wells's 'War of the Worlds'', according to the singer.