No Doubt's Gwen Stefani has revealed that the sound of their new album is being influenced by 80's music, particularly "one-hit wonders".

Currently working on their first album since 2001's 'Rock Steady', Stefani explained how they've been inspired by the music from that decade.

"The last few weeks we've been listening to the worst of the 80's, in the sense of bad but good," she toldВ  Rolling Stone. "Pop songs, one-hit wonders, nifty songs, things like that. You just go back and find things that you love, and try to figure out how they made them."

The as-yet untitled album is due out later this year and while the group reformed back in 2008, work on their comeback album has been slow due to Stefani being pregnant with her second child.