I feel when Damon put his vocals on, and I put my backing vocals on – that’s what makes Blur Blur. Abruptly, it’s like, ‘Woah, it feels like Blur’. But type 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 part of. However extremely constructive. I assumed we have been getting on great – there was plenty of laughing within the studio, plenty of fooling around. We needed to giggle and be foolish because it was intense. You’ve acquired to have occasions whenever you’re just being an fool.
Graham Coxon on engaged on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023