Snow Patrol have named their fifth studio album “A Hundred Million Suns” and may release the disc as early as October.

In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, drummer Jonny Quinn said the U.K. band recorded the new album at Ireland’s Grouse Lodge Studios as well as Berlin’s Hansa Ton Studios, where U2 produced “Achtung Baby.”

“It’s still very much melody-based, but it’s different too in ways from the other albums,” Quinn said of the follow-up to 2006’s “Eyes Open.”

“It’s hard to know what everyone will make of it but we’re happy. I’d go as far as to say I think it’s our best album yet.”

He also revealed it may hit stores within the next several months. “The new album should be out some time later this year, maybe October,” he said.

The group hopes to back the new release with a few small gigs before the end of the year, followed by a bigger show in Northern Ireland in 2009.

To date, Snow Patrol have sold over seven million albums worldwide.






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