Nineties Britpop band Blur has revealed that they are working on a new album, following on the heels of their 2009 reunion concert tour, reports Spinner Canada.
Although they enjoyed great commercial success during the 1990s, the group suffered off-stage from personality clashes and internal tension. They released their last studio album, Think Tank, in 2003, though Graham Coxon had already left the band by that time.
Damon Albarn, the band’s lead singer, would go on to create the musical project Gorillaz, featuring an animated band and their fictional universe. Their 2001 debut album was so successful that it earned them a listing as the Most Successful Virtual Band in the Guinness Book of World Records. The new album from Gorillaz will be available through their website free of charge on Christmas Day.
Despite differences in personality and their other projects, all four original Blur members managed to come together for last year’s reunion tour. Albarn said that it had "healed a very deep wound for all four of us."
With the Gorillaz world tour ending today (December 21) in New Zealand, Albarn will have time to devote to the new Blur LP, which is expected to drop in late 2011.