Yeah Yeah Yeahs have revealed that they are back in the studio recording new material.

In a message on their Myspace blog, the group said that they had left the city to record the songs and that cats were playing an important role in the writing process.

Speaking about why they moved to the country, they wrote: “We're not yet sure ourselves, but one thing the city don't have that the country got is space and there has been plenty of spacing out in the studio as of late.”

Turning the subject to cats, they said that the feline animal had always featured in the creation of the records.

“Fuzzy soft muses aka kittens have played a major role in the writing process of YYYs current and past records. ‘Show Your Bones’ was written in Sam Spiegel's home studio amidst the birth of a litter of kittens, little gold lions scrambling around.”

Talking about one cat, the band said that his “frisky and fierce” nature was “much like the tunes we're writing.”

The new material is likely to form part of the groups new album, which they spoke about in January.

(by Jason Gregory)