Arctic Monkeys’ frontman Alex Turner has revealed that he is keen to get started on the band’s new album.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, the 26-year-old said that he plans to begin writing the follow-up to 2011’s 'Suck It And See' during their lengthy North American tour with The Black Keys, which kicked off in Cincinatti earlier this week.

Turner admitted that it's not his usual song-writing approach: “I don't try to write on the road. I might try to this time, just for a change. Usually, I get home and I realise it's bad, so I've not done it in the past.

"We've messed around in sound checks, but I'm not gonna meet a deadline, and it's not like I need to write, though I want a head start for the next time around."

The Sheffield quartet, who recently picked up Best Live Band at the NME Awards, surprised fans by releasing a brand new non-album track, ‘R U Mine?’ out of the blue last month.