Damon Albarn says that the album he started with Blur in 2013 may never see the light of day.
The 46-year-old released his first solo album, ‘Everyday Robots,’ earlier this year and says he may never return to the tracks he made with Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree in Hong Kong last year.
“There are about 15 songs we recorded in Hong Kong,” he told the NME.
“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 has not ruled out doing some more work on the album but says that he works best in shorts bursts and Hong Kong did not lend itself to that.
“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.”
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