Empire Of The Sun’s Luke Steele has revealed that he hasn’t seen bandmate Nick Littlemore since February.

The pair were last together at the Brit Awards in London, which Steele said was like “a bit of a reunion”.

Steele has continued to perform live and record without Littlemore, and admitted that it had initially been “pretty emotionally challenging”.

“Because you're there going, 'What do you mean you don't want to be on the road?'” Steele told BBC Newsbeat.

"It's kind of like a master chef serving up this new dish they've cooked called The Dream and then some kid coming off the street with a machete and shoving it into this steak, picking it up and just laughing watching the blood drip out of it. “

Steele said he had written “about 20 tracks” for the follow-up to the band’s 2009 album ‘Walking On A Dream’.

Empire Of The Sun are among the performers scheduled to appear at the Glastonbury festival later this month.

(by Jason Gregory)