I feel when Damon put his vocals on, and I put my backing vocals on – that’s what makes Blur Blur. All of the sudden, it’s like, ‘Woah, it feels like Blur’. However kind of extra like males. (…) I feel the voices are deeper, perhaps richer. There’s a wierd vulnerability, but there’s type of a power. It’s an fascinating factor to be part of. But extraordinarily constructive. I assumed we have been getting on great – there was plenty of laughing within the studio, a lot of fooling around. We had to snigger and be silly as a result of it was intense. You’ve obtained to have occasions if you’re simply being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on working on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023