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Damon Albarn has spoken out about the progress made on Blur's new album, saying the band recorded 15 songs together but were unable to finish it because the weather was 'too hot' - and he had a spot of writer's block.
The band reunited in 2008 for a string of massive shows around the world in the years that followed. They also released a handful of new tracks, but are yet to release a full album since 2003's Think Tank.
Much speculation has surrounded rumours of new material, but now frontman Damon Albarn has set the record straight with NME.
"There are about 15 songs we recorded in Hong Kong," he said. "The annoying thing is, if I’d been able to write the lyrics there and then about being there, we’d have finished the record. But sometimes, if you can’t do it all at once, it dissipates really and I don’t know what I’d sing about now with that record. There’s some great tunes on there, but it may just be one of those records that never comes out."
Albarn continued: "I’d do some more work on it. I like making records in short periods of time if I can. It was a different process with Everyday Robots because that was really thought out, but sometimes it’s great to get some amazing energy and do something in 10 days. There was too much commuting between where we were staying and where we were recording and it was a bit too hot. I think that’s why we didn’t get it finished."
Watch the video for 'Under The Westway' below
Meanwhile, Blur will be releasing their classic Live At Budokan live album from 1995 digitally on 11 August.
Below: 11 exclusive photos of Damon Albarn headlining Latitude 2014
