The Blackout have announced the name of their forthcoming third album.

The Blackout

Hope is the title, and according to the band, it will feature a darker flavour than We Are The Dynamite! and The Best In Town. Speaking to Kerrang! magazine, vocalist Sean Smith said: "The album title is a bit of a double entendre. There's the wide-eyed hope and the negative, almost desperate meaning of the word, too.

"The word [Hope] appeared a lot in the lyrics. [The songs] are a little darker than the ones on The Best In Town.

"Since we released that album, we've gone through lots of things that have shaped us. It's about our relationships and us growing up."

Meanwhile, co-vocalist Gavin Butler told Rock Sound: "We've made these songs as big as possible and with The Blackout that's always been our main focus.

"There's a lot of lyrical content about not caring what other people think and about doing what we love. There wasn't ever a part when we thought, 'We can't put that in!' because fans would think it was too pop or it would be too heavy for radio; you've got to keep the Bon Jovi vibe up but it's still got that Slipknot streak in it somewhere!"

The album has been produced by ex-A man Jason Perry and is released in April. It was part-funded by fans' donations through the PledgeMusic scheme, like fellow Welsh rockers Funeral For A Friend whose own forthcoming record is out in March.

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