U2 have discussed the influences on their upcoming album, citing Krautrock as one of them.

In an interview with BBC Radio 2, the band, who released new song 'Invisible' during the Super Bowl, talked of the bands they are channeling on their as yet untitled album. The Edge said that when the band first started out in the 70s they were listening to a lot of krautrock, in particular the band Neu!. He said these influences from when they first started jamming 40 years ago have crept onto the new record.

''For us it's been about turning to music that has inspired us in the first place, it's raw and definitely guitar driven and we've been influenced by German music of that era, the krautrock Can and Neu!, the authentic and original electronica that kick-started so many great movements around the world, still resonating in club cultures around the time that we were coming through. It was an interesting time."

''All we knew at that moment was that we couldn't repeat what had happened in the previous ten years, music had to really radically change. I guess we're all feeling like we're at that moment again. It's time for something new to kick off and hopefully we can be part of that in some way.''

Listen to 'Invisible' by U2 below

This desire to keep things resonating and stay fresh may have something to do with the fears expressed by Bono that the band are on the verge of 'irrelevance'. In an interview with Zane Lowe he said that he was concerned about maintaining honesty to himself but also to reaching potential fans with the music.

"We're on the verge of irrelevance," he told the DJ. "You have to make stuff relevant to you and where you're at, make an honest account of what you're going through. If that's relevant to other people, great." 

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