Patrick Wolf to release two new albums

Patrick Wolf has two separate albums in the works, he has revealed.

Writing on the Patrick Wolf MySpace blog, the flamboyant singer-songwriter revealed two surprising and wildly differing inspirations for the projected discs.

Despite threatening to quit music last year, Wolf wrote: "I have two albums coming out soon. Think , Kate Bush. I'm going double, double, trouble.

"That's why I'm taking so long. One disc is heartbroken and in deep despair. One is in deep dark joy dedicated to my new love, my old and forever love, William The Conqueror."

Though it is not yet clear whether the records will come out separately or as a double set, Wolf promised the albums would prove his most personal works yet.

"The album[s] has been in my blood for a year and much more. The label think it will be a disaster, I'm sure, as it comes more from the bottom of my heart even than [debut album] 'Lycanthropy', about my father's cancer, my solitude, my true love, my Irish roots, everything that has touched me to the core in the last year."

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