Portishead set for comeback

British group Portishead are making a comeback with their first album release in more than a decade.

Eleven years after their eponymously-titled second record, the downbeat electronic pioneers - who have inspired the likes of rap star Kanye West - are finally set to return with new material.

The currently unnamed LP is tipped for release next March on Island Records.

Members Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley have already confirmed they are playing a one-off gig next month at The Nightmare Before Christmas festival in Minehead, England.