I feel when Damon put his vocals on, and I put my backing vocals on – that’s what makes Blur Blur. Out of the blue, it’s like, ‘Woah, it feels like Blur’. But type of extra like males. (…) I feel the voices are deeper, perhaps richer. There’s a wierd vulnerability, however there’s kind of a power. It’s an fascinating thing to be part of. However extraordinarily constructive. I assumed we have been getting on nice – there was numerous laughing in the studio, numerous fooling around. We had to snigger and be foolish because it was intense. You’ve received to have occasions once you’re just being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on working on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023