Friendly Fires have revealed that they're channelling horror story The Shining as they write their third album.

The English trio told BBC 6Music that they're off to a log cabin in rural Sweden to pen new material.

They're conscious that tensions may arise as they spend so much time together in the cabin - but that's a risk they are willing to take as they look to explore music making. Edd Gibson said: "We're off for ten days just to be away from everything and do the exploratory music making, we will see how it goes."

Singer Ed Mcfarlane meanwhile added: "I think we are trying to force on an element of the film The Shining, or the book The Shining, as a cultured gentlemen who reads and doesn't just watch films. We're trying to alienate ourselves into a world of music alone and see what we come up with."