Las Vegas stars The Killers have admitted that despite taking a break from being a band for several years to work on solo projects, getting back together has been like "riding a bike".

Speaking to The Sun newspaper in Britain, the 'Somebody Told Me' hitmakers explained that they feel more confident now and are bringing their individual experiences from the hiatus to the group's new music, which has translated well so far:

"It had been a long time since we’d written together but everybody knows what their job is in the band so eventually we were back in the swing of things. Being in The Killers is like riding a bike — we know how to do it."

Frontman Brandon Flowers added: "I guess we are more confident, though this was a really hard record to write. It took a while and a lot of stress."

Member Ronnie Vannucci also talked about the recording process of 'Battle Born' and revealed that taking their time with it helped to really develop the sound:

"Because we took so long with it, we were able to sit with 20 or so songs and live with them and recreate them and arrange them until we were satisfied. Traditionally our records are made faster and, afterwards, we want to change a song or tempo. This time we’ve really got the message through and were done with it."

'Battle Born' will be released on September 17 and you can watch their latest music video below: