U2 frontman Bono has said that the band's next album "sounds like the future".
The singer's comments come as U2 look set to release their first album since 2017's Songs of Experience.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Bono emphasised the importance of engaging with history in order to pave the way for success.
"Nostalgia is not to be tolerated for too long, but sometimes you've got to deal with the past in order to get to the future and to the present. To get back to now is our desire. Get back to this moment we're in", he stated.
"We've been recording. And it sounds like future to me," he added. "We had to go through some stuff, and we're at the other end of it".
Elsewhere, Bono also noted the return of drummer Larry Mullen Jr to the band, who missed U2's entire historic residency at Las Vegas' Sphere, having been recovering from surgery.
He said, "We've been playing in the room together, the four of us".
"And I can tell you [Mullen Jr.] is completely through whatever storm of injury he's been through," he continued. "His playing is at its most innovative. He's just all about the band. He doesn't want to talk about anything else, which is kind of amazing".
"By the way, being a band in a room where each individual musician has a role that's singular and collective is so rare because music is assembled these days. And even some of our music we have assembled, and we'll do that again, but to try and capture a moment of a rock 'n' roll band in full flight is at the heart of this record that we're making that we've recorded, but we are not finished".
Bono who admitted that he is unsure about when the album will arrive, was also asked if the band will release a special box set to mark the 30th anniversary of their album, Pop.
"Well, I never thought about that. Actually, I'm sure somebody clever has thought of that. But if they haven't, I'm not aware of it", he said. "And the film of the 'PopMart' tour in Mexico is one of the most extraordinary U2 shows ever," he continued. "I love the imagery around that album. And the only thing that album wasn't was pop".
Last week, Bono also received a seven minute standing ovation at the Cannes premiere of the new film, Bono: Stories Of Surrender. More on this from Nova here.
