Alex James has been talking to Xfm about how the new Blur album is shaping up, despite the fact that all three members have been working hard on other projects. The bassist said: "We all got together before Christmas. Damon, Dave and I and were making the most nasty, dirty, filthy rock music I think we've ever made... it was great. And then Damon's been making his records, I've been busy with Wigwam and Dave's got this multi-media empire going on, but I think there's plans to reconvene really soon, I think probably towards the end of the year."
Discussing the album's potentially rocky theme, he added: "It seems to be going like that. I mean, you never know what a record's gonna sound like till you've finished recording it, but it was sounding that way. Foo Fighters are gonna wet their pants when they hear it."