Pharrell Williams has revealed that the new Neptunes album will be 'vicious'.

The follow-up to 2003's 'The Neptunes Present... Clones' will be the second album from Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.

"This new Neptunes record we're working on right now is vicious. It's definitely harder - it totally demands sweat," Williams told the Herald Sun.

He added: "The new stuff has been going well. We've been playing with Gorillaz on the road so it has been fun. They are awesome - there were so many people on stage it was like Parliament psychedelic up there."

Meanwhile, Foals have announced that they would like to work with N.E.R.D’s Pharell Williams on their next album.

(by Holly Frith)