In the tumultuous years since their formation in the early '90s, Stereophonics has released seven albums, scored a string of Top 20 hits, racked up multi-million sales, and toured relentlessly on an exhausting schedule.

With their latest studio album titled Keep Calm & Carry On, the Welsh rockers are all ready to raise another musical milestone with 12 sharply crafted melodic songs written by frontman Kelly Jones and produced by Kelly and Mercury-Award winning producer Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian).

With a stripped down approach, the record created a space for Kelly's emotive vocals while allowing the strength of the songs to come through. Together with Kelly's bar-raising musical vision, Javier Weyler's intense drumming, Richard Jones' driving bass and Adam Zindani's incendiary guitar lines, the album has definitely has taken the band in some surprising and extremely enjoyable new directions.

"We needed to up the bar a bit," says Kelly. "Otherwise it was going to fritter away like it has done for a lot of the bands that were around at the same time as us. And I think we're better than that."

Lyrically, the album is also probably Kelly's most cohesive set since Stereophonics' debut. From adjusting to the pace of modern life on "100 MPH" to empathizing with the hard times everyone is facing on "Trouble," Keep Calm & Carry On is all about struggle and resolution, finding the positive in the negative, all with a determined sense of urgency as showcased by the band's huge live sound.

"I love big guitars, big drums, big anthems," admits Kelly. "It's really exciting to play live."

With their solid reputation as one the best live bands around, one can be sure that a Stereophonics live show is just as what Kelly has promised - viscerally mind-blowing and definitely not one to be missed!