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Graham Coxon (born 12 March 1969), best known for his time in Blur (which he left in 2002 and re-united with in 2009), is a singer-guitarist whose sound is based in lo-fi and garage rock.
His first solo album,'The Sky is Too High', was released in 1998 and has a very muted, uncommercial sound. 'TSITH' was followed by 'The Golden D' which features two covers of the band Mission Of Burma. The next album to come was 'Crow Sit On Blood Tree', which has some of his most ethereal tracks to date on, and is very lo-fi. Read more on Last.fm
On first listen, I found the lyrics to be a bit disappointingly repetitive rather than having much substance. I also found some of the first few tracks on the album to be annoyingly screechy. (.. but perhaps that’s because it’s an early sunday morning and I’ve had pneumatic drills outside my single-glazed windows doing road work for the last 2 months. All sound has been tainted! Ahem..) Despite this, I really enjoyed the album from beginning to end. The rhythms seem new and interesting but familiar enough to be foot-tapped along to. As a fan of goth rock, the dark clanky metallic feel to the album really drew me in.
The songs that I enjoyed the most include Advice, What’ll it Take, Meet+Drink+Pollinate, Running For Your Life and Ooh, Yeh, Yeh.
This is the first Graham Coxen album I’ve listened to and I can honestly say I’m pretty impressed and will be diving into his back catalogue.