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 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. But extremely constructive. I assumed we have been getting on nice – there was plenty of laughing in the studio, a lot of fooling around. We needed to snigger and be foolish because it was intense. You’ve acquired to have occasions once you’re just being an idiot.
Graham Coxon on working on The Ballad of Darren, MOJO 9/2023