Seminal US band The Replacements are back in the studio recording their first new material in nearly 25 years.
The Minneapolis band, lead by Paul Westerberg, formed in 1979 and released seven acclaimed albums before breaking up in 1991, the year they played an epic three-hour late-night show in Dublin venue The Olympia.
The Replacements are often cited as an influence by The Holdsteady, Green Day, Ryan Adams and Wilco.
Speaking to Billboard, the band's co-manager Darren Hill has laid down "seven or eight" new songs and were trying to find time to complete more in between live shows.
"It just a question of what the band wants to ultimately do with them. It's really difficult to shift modes, but the good news is that the band is really gelling, and that's got to translate when they go back in to the studio."
The band played live for the first time in 22 years in Toronto in August 2013 with founding members Westerberg and Tommy Stinson in the reunion line-up.
