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’. However kind of more like men. (…) I feel the voices are deeper, perhaps richer. There’s a wierd vulnerability, however there’s kind of a power. It’s an fascinating thing to be a part of. But extraordinarily constructive. I assumed we have been getting on nice – there was plenty of laughing in the studio, plenty of fooling around. We needed to snort and be foolish as a result of it was intense. You’ve received to have occasions once you’re simply being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on engaged on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023