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 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 kind of a power. It’s an fascinating thing to be a part of. However extremely constructive. I assumed we have been getting on nice – there was plenty of laughing in the studio, plenty of fooling around. We needed to chuckle and be foolish as a result of it was intense. You’ve obtained to have occasions if you’re just being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on engaged on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023