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"Right now it feels really good," Tom Odell says, laughing, just after he walks off stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter.

We're chatting to him about his new album, Wrong Crowd, which is coming out in June.

"It's nice to be back, it's nice to be doing shows again," he says.

And what he has come back with is a bigger, much more cinematic sound - but a sound which is still distinctively Tom Odell.

"I'd like to think it is richer musically. It's more dramatic, lyrically it is better I think," he tells Newsbeat.

"I'm more proud of this one. I put my all into this so I am ready for people to hear it."

His debut album, Long Way Down, was a huge success and he also picked up a Brit Award and an Ivor Novello for songwriting.

More than 300 tour dates took their toll on Tom and getting back some normality was key, he explains.

"I went to New York for a bit and recorded some stuff there.

"I wrote quite a lot of the album there, I went to LA for a bit, had a girlfriend in LA for a while.

"It was important to take a break so I felt re-inspired I guess, rather than just rushing out another album."

He says being in different locations helps his creativity.

"It is more stimulating, if you walk the same street every day, nothing will catch your eye," he says.

"It will blend into the background, whereas when you are in a new city, you notice everything."

So does this have anything to do with the album title, Wrong Crowd?

"I've answered that question so many times and given so many different answers, I am now not sure what it means," he laughs.

"It represents a darkness to me that seems to go across the album.

"The story starts dark and it ends positive. It's an optimistic album, it's one ray of light in a room of darkness."

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