The Horrors - The Horrors' Gorillaz Duet

The Horrors feature on the new Gorillaz album.

The rockers were stunned when Damon Albarn - who created the animated group with artist Jamie Hewlett - contacted them to praise their work and invite them to collaborate on a track for the 'Dare' hitmakers' forthcoming third album.

The Horrors bassist Rhys Webb said: "Damon got a copy of our album 'Primary Colours' really early, contacted us out completely out of the blue and told us how much he liked it.

"It was kind of a strange email saying, 'Would you guys be able to come down to my studio at some point?'

"We had no idea really what it was about but thought that would be great to go down there, have a chat, it would be nice to meet . We went down to the studio and he said, 'We're working on the new album and we've not collaborated with a guitar band before and you're album is one of the most exciting things I've heard in a long time. Would you be up for working on a track?

"Gorillaz have always been diverse and experimental and I think as a band moving forwards, that's very much they way we approach music."

The group were more than happy to contribute to the album, particularly after hearing what Damon had been working on.

Rhys added to BBC 6 Music: "He played us a lot of tracks he'd been working and musically and they were just in a really similar place to where we were at the moment - rhythmically and the instruments that were going through the sound - so it made perfect sense for us.

"We had such a good time working with him."