Happy Mondays will be continuing its recent reunion with an album of new songs, according to a report in Britain's "New Musical Express," but new member Nuts may be supplying most of the material.

Bandleader Shaun Ryder has previously said he reluctantly reformed Happy Mondays for a recent tour to pay off his taxes after a nasty divorce (from Oriel Leitch, daughter of '60s troubadour Donovan) wiped him out financially. Now Ryder has revealed to the magazine that he doesn't plan on having a lot to do with the new record and has turned most of the songwriting duties over to band newbie Nuts.

Previous reports have said Ryder has been writing new songs since reforming Mondays earlier this year.

Ryder asked 25-year-old Nuts to join the Happy Mondays reunion tour after the pair bonded one night in a bar on the Spanish island of Ibiza, according to the "NME." Nuts has also worked on the new single the band recently released in England, a remake of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are

Back In Town.

Happy Mondays were prominent in the late '80s "Madchester" scene but broke up acrimoniously in 1993. Ryder formed the now-defunct Black Grape soon after. Earlier this year, Ryder reunited with most of his Mondays mates including his bassist brother Paul, original drummer Gaz Whelan, and (eventually) Mondays mainstay Bez for a successful tour. Also on board have been Black Grape guitarist Paul "Wags" Wagstaff and, of course, the aforementioned Nuts.

It's not known how much input the other bandmembers will have on the album. Meanwhile, Bez is currently recording his own solo project in England.