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’. However kind of more like men. (…) I feel the voices are deeper, perhaps richer. There’s a wierd vulnerability, but there’s type of a power. It’s an fascinating factor to be part of. But extremely constructive. I assumed we have been getting on nice – there was plenty of laughing in the studio, numerous fooling around. We needed to giggle and be silly because it was intense. You’ve received to have occasions whenever you’re just being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on working on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023