The Lostprophets: The World Needs Us To Bring Back Decent Music To The Charts

The Lostprophets have spoken about the 'drought' of rock n' roll music in the chars at the moment.

The band, who release new album 'Weapons' in April, told BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe that the lack of decent music in the UK inspired them to write their new album.

''That's why we started, it was like, 'Why is no-one making decent music? We'll have to do it ourselves'', said lead singer Ian Watkins

He added: "It's been nice to have a break but I think what's out at the moment is very saturated now, it's reaching the point where you're like 'enough'.

"It's kind of the same thing [now], I'm fuelled by healthy competition. That's why we're coming back. The world needs us."

The band's fifth album, set for release April 2, is the follow up to 2010's 'The Betrayed'.

A free download of their new track 'Better Off Dead' will be released tomorrow (January 6) through their Facebook page.

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