Albarn 'has plethora of Gorillaz tracks'

Damon Albarn has written almost two records worth of tracks for the next Gorillaz album, it has emerged.

The band's manager Chris Morrison told BBC 6 Music that it was not clear how many of the songs would be recorded for the follow-up to 2005's Demon Days.

Morrison said: "He's got a plethora of tracks at the moment. Whether they all make the light of day or get refined and come down to a normal amount you get on a record of 10 to 15 tracks, I can't tell at this point in time.

"It's far too early in the stage of what we are doing. It'll come round when it's ready and when it's been finished and when he's happy with what he's done."

Grime artist Kano recently claimed that Albarn is too busy with Gorillaz to consider recording new music with the recently-reformed Blur.