Something About England

Here's one The Ghost is really looking forward to: the debut album from Damon Albarn's latest (he says one-off) musical project The Good, The Bad & The Queen, featuring former Verve guitarist Simon Tong, Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and ex-Clash bassist Paul Simonon.

On the tracks I've already heard, Albarn's voice and acoustic guitar are upfront in the mix, often 'treated', the rhythms are lovely, as we might expect, and the sound of that big dubby bass underpins everything.

Blur meets Sandinista??

The album is streaming here.

It's released officially on January 22nd.