Kaiser Chiefs star Ricky Wilson has revealed that the band forced themselves to stay in a small barn in Bath, Somerset when they were having difficulties in order to try and work out their problems and write new material.

Frontman Wilson explained that when Nick Hodgson, the band's founding drummer and co-songwriter, quit the band in 2012 the remaining members decided to have a make-or-break bonding session so spent time together in a very confined space:

"First of all, it was more of a shed with a corrugated iron roof. Second, it was freezing. And it's all very well saying you're going to get together and write from the heart, but you try putting four Northern blokes in a room and telling them to talk about their feelings. So we just started playing music."

Wilson added to The Times newspaper that the tension caused by Hodgson's departure, who was replaced by Vijay Mistry, turned out to be great for inspiring new songs and lyrics:

"We have been through some acrimonious moments. I was p****d off but that turned out to be good for writing. I certainly had a point to prove whether it was to him or myself."