I feel when Damon put his vocals on, and I put my backing vocals on – that’s what makes Blur Blur. All of a sudden, it’s like, ‘Woah, it feels like Blur’. But kind of more like males. (…) 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 extraordinarily constructive. I assumed we have been getting on great – there was plenty of laughing in the studio, a lot of fooling around. We needed to snigger and be silly because it was intense. You’ve received to have occasions once you’re just being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on engaged on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023