He told Rolling Stone: "I was really disgusted by the reaction in the mainstream press. It seemed to become an anti-Muslim, xenophobic thing, and that started me thinking.

"That feeling of futility is one of the main themes of the record."

He also talked again about the directional change on the new album, which helped produce a more mature sound.

He said: "Everything (on 'Silent Alarm') is quite furious-sounding, and a lot of that was due to being 20 and having lots of questions, lots of energy and not really knowing how to focus it.

"Now I'm at a very different stage with my life. There's still aggression, I guess, and intensity - but it's a very different kind."

"It's not quite so jerky," he added. "But it's not like Coldplay either. It's still us."

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