Damon Albarn is set to release a new solo album, Dr. Dee, on 7th May. Based around the life and times of the famous Elizabethan doctor of the same name, it's sets Albarn's songs to English folk instrumentation as well as more wide ranging influences from African and Renaissance music. You can listen to a single from the album, 'The Marvelous Dream', via the official video above.

For more on Dr. Dee, and to read the Blur frontman riffing on subjects from Tony Allen to the Olympics and Alex James' cheese, click here for yesterday's in-depth interview with Albarn.