Parlophone 'urges Blur to make new album'

The head of Blur's record label Parlophone has urged the band to make another album after they successfully completed their first new song in over seven years.

The band split in 2002 after guitarist Graham Coxon quit during recording sessions for their final LP Think Tank, which was released in 2003.

The group reunited for a series of outdoor events last year, before heading back into the studio to record a new single, which will be issued as a limited edition for Record Store Day on April 17.

Speaking about Blur's future, Parlophone president Miles Leonard said that he is keen to see them make a new record.

He told BBC 6 Music: "They sound as competent and as strong as they've ever sounded before. I just hope that from hearing a song like this that the band feel there's more in them. We certainly do as a label and I'm sure when fans hear this they'll think the same."