Elbow To Record A Children's Album

Elbow's next project will be a children's album that will be recorded at the same time as their next studio album, says frontman Guy Garvey.

"We initially thought that it would be great to make music for children because the lads in the band have got kids and they were saying how little really decent music for children there is," Garvey told Billboard.

"We've quite often been up for having songs on children's animated films, but we thought that it would be great to actually be at the starting point for that process."

"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 you can really go absolutely nuts and kids will follow you and love it."

Earlier this month, Elbow won the esteemed Mercury Music Prize in the UK for their latest album 'The Seldom Seen Kid'.