I feel when Damon put his vocals on, and I put my backing vocals on – that’s what makes Blur Blur. Instantly, it’s like, ‘Woah, it seems like Blur’. But kind of more like men. (…) I feel the voices are deeper, perhaps richer. There’s a wierd vulnerability, but there’s kind of a power. It’s an fascinating factor to be a part of. However extraordinarily constructive. I assumed we have been getting on nice – there was a lot of laughing in the studio, numerous fooling around. We had to giggle and be silly because it was intense. You’ve received to have occasions if you’re simply being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on working on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023