The Bad Seeds' Warren Ellis has been working with IDLES on their new record

Now the 2019 Mercury Prize award is wrapped up for another year, IDLES have returned to the studio to carry on with their follow up to last year's Joy as an Act of Resistance.

Sharing a new picture on socials last night (23 September), IDLES revealed that they've been joined in the studio by Warren Ellis of The Bad Seeds.

IDLES wrote, "Album 3: Dirty". Ellis shared the picture too, writing, "Awesome to meet the Idles and let me oi on a track a great Monday."

Awesome to meet the Idles and let me oi on a track a great Monday https://t.co/iIsogTbCIU

— Warren Ellis (@warrenellis13) September 23, 2019