Welsh rockers Stereophonics are set to thrill fans by releasing two albums over an 18-month period.

The band took a break from touring to work on their follow-up to 2009's Keep Calm and Carry On, and came up with so much new material, they will use it on two new discs which will be released in 2013 and 2014.

Frontman Kelly Jones tells the Daily Star: "Last year was the first time in 14 years that we didn't tour, and it's meant the new records don't sound like anything we've done before.

"We've had time to just go into our own studio and mess about, and it's resulted in a bigger sounding style, very grand and filmic."

WENN