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La Roux are set to head into the studio to start working on new material, frontwoman Elly Jackson has revealed.

The electro pop duo are preparing to jet over to France to get to work on their second album in the next couple of weeks.

But Jackson told 6 Music it is likely to be some time before the follow up to their breakthrough debut sees the light of day.

"We're going to stay in my manager's house and use the quiet time to our advantage," she said.

"We've only got two weeks writing time between Christmas and the summer so unless we manage to write a record in two weeks I don't think there will be anything in terms of a second record for a while.

"Ben (Langmaid) and I have got a fairly clear idea of what we want to do but we haven't actually started doing it yet so we don't know how it's going to sound.

"I think there will be a natural instrument or two on there though which will make a change from the first record."

"Doing the festivals has been a high point and it's been the most fun thing we've done."

Elly Jackson, La Roux

The singer also said they may start working on new versions of tracks from her debut while they're over in France.

"There might be a few things in between this album and the next that people can get their teeth into," Jackson said.

"We've got a stripped down version of Bulletproof which we did on Radio 1's Live Lounge and played at Glastonbury.

"We've also done a new version of In For The Kill which we're still working on and I think I'm going to develop it into some kind of remix."

Summer anthem

The band have had an amazing year after scoring a number one hit single with Bulletproof and In For The Kill becoming one of the anthems of the summer.
 
The pair were also only kept off the Number One spot in the album chart by Michael Jackson.

But the La Roux singer said the highlight for her was playing the festivals.

"Doing the festivals has been a high point and it's been the most fun thing we've done," she added. "You get to hang out with other bands too."

The flame haired frontwoman, who is currently in the middle of a UK tour, also said she has found it difficult re-adjusting to smaller venues.

"I don't necessarily feel comfortable doing the show that I've developed over the summer on quite big stages at festivals," she explained.

"Now I'm now going back to small stages, it feels a bit odd."