The Sheffield band's status as free agents has unsurprisingly attracted a host of industry interest. Labels understood to have made enquiries into signing them include Sony's Columbia, which currently has the likes of Kasabian, Miles Kane and The Vaccines on its books.

However Domino, which has released all four Monkeys albums since record-breaking debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, is the clear front-runner, and so far the only label to have even discussed the next album ...