Damon: Nothing’s gonna proceed unless firstly Graham is into it.

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Damon: Nothing’s gonna proceed until firstly Graham is into it.

Graham: I keep in mind listening to the demos and getting a pad and making an attempt to jot down the chords and considering bloody hell there’s a number of chords here. But good chords. Chords you possibly can actually get into. There’s so many alternative for melodic stuff and more emotional issues when chords are that much more deeper.

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Graham: Damon has actually allowed me on this document, and doubtless through the years, to play some of my favorite guitar stuff. That’s because of his ebony ivories. It’s what I was saying earlier on, what's given to you by way of these chords to discover, and the notes you provide you with in the elements you set down ultimately after many run-throughs and getting it proper.

Damon: Once I stopped enjoying the piano at first of Blur, it was as a result of my chords sound too wealthy. It’s like we're like an indie band, it’s not helpful. So I discovered to play the guitar, clearly not very nicely and I nonetheless really haven’t… I’ve acquired just a little bit higher but not much. But now I’m not fearful about enjoying the piano.

Graham: I feel that’s loads of what sets us aside from a number of the other people who we might have been lumped in inside the 90s. The songs are written on a piano, that’s a totally totally different thing.

BBC Radio 6, 19 July 2023