Noel Gallagher has found a copy of an unreleased album he previously thought had been destroyed – in a rather surprising place.

In 2011, the former Oasis star made a space-rock album recording under the name Amorphous Androgynous with The Future Sound of London electronic music duo Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans.

In a recent interview with comedian Matt Morgan, Gallagher, 51, said, “I did find a copy of it recently in a sock drawer." He added: “The masters have not been destroyed – but it won’t be coming out any time soon.”

Two songs from the unfinished Amorphous Androgynous album – The Right Stuff and The Mexican – were released on Chasing Yesterday, the 2015 second album by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Another track from the abandoned project, Shoot A Hole Into The Sun, appeared as the B-side to Gallagher's 2012 single Dream On.