Damon Albarn, former Blur frontman, has confirmed that he will release a new album with Jamie Hewlett, the visual artist he teamed up with for Gorillaz.

The duo's new album, entitled 'Journey To The West', will be released under their Monkey pseudonym.

The album contains songs from their opera, 'Monkey: Journey To The West', which is due to open at London's Royal Opera House this week.

As previously reported, Hewlett revealed recently that Albarn moved on to other projects away from Blur because he had grown “tired" of being the band's frontman.

The tracklisting for 'Journey To The West' is:

1. Monkey's World
2. Monkey Travels
3. Into The Eastern Sea
4. The Living Sea
5. The Dragon King
6. Iron Rod
7. Out Of The Eastern Sea
8. Heavenly Peach Banquet
9. Battle In Heaven
10. O Mi To Fu
11. Whisper
12. Tripitaka's Curse
13. Confessions Of A Pig
14. Sandy The River Demon
15. March Of The Volunteers
16. The White Skeleton Demon
17. Monk's Song
18. I Love Buddha
19. March Of The Iron Army
20. Pigsy In Space
21. Monkey Bee
22. Disappearing Volcano

(by Jason Gregory)