Muse have been working "regular office hours" on their new album so they can get home and "spend time with their kids".

The British rock band are busy perfecting their sixth studio record a follow-up to their multi-million selling album, The Resistance.

Muse comprising of Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dom Howard are family orientated, and have planned their working hours around their partners and children.

Matt has five month-old son Bingham with fiance Kate Hudson, while Chris has five children with his wife Kelly.

"We want to go home every night and spend the evening with the kids," Chris told Kerrang! magazine.

"The plan was always get into the studio and start writing and see what happens. I don't think there's any master plan, we just put out heads together and see where it takes us."

Chris is unsure what direction the band is going to take with their new sound. The bassist wants to keep himself open to a wealth of ideas.

"[The band] feel like we are drawing a line under a certain period of what we've done in our career it feels like it's time to move on and do something radically different," he explained.

"But then you could get into the studio and go back to what you're comfortable with. You get in the studio and there's a natural process and you have to see where a song will take you."