Scissor Sisters vocalist Jake Shears has labelled the band's forthcoming album a "dirty record".

The group are currently completing work on their third LP, which is expected for release early next year.

Revealing the inspiration behind the new record, Shears told Q: "It began happening when I moved to Berlin for three months. I thought, 'I need to go out, take a bunch of drugs and have fun'.

"I fell in love with dance music again and stayed out until the sun came up going to these insane sex parties."

He added: "It's a pretty dirty record, even by our standards. At the same time, I can't wait to hear someone's grandmother singing along to it. Now that's subversion."