“I had all these demos, or what I thought were demos, and I was looking for a producer. I thought, ‘I’ll re-record all the tunes with someone and put them out’. I messaged [Damon’s] manager to ask if he was up for it, half-expecting him to be like, ‘No!’. But I sent him the tunes and he was up for it. I went in for a day in the studio and I was expecting us to start again and re-record everything, but he liked the sound of the tunes and said that we didn’t need to re-record them, he was just going to do his thing on top of them. That was a great thing for me to hear because if it wasn’t for him saying that to me I wouldn’t have carried on with the project in the same light. If I’d have gone to a different producer and they’d have been up for re-recording everything, Baby Dave wouldn’t exist in the way it does now. The DIY aspect of it has become a big part of the identity of the project now. If it wasn’t for Damon saying that to me, that wouldn’t be the case.
The man’s so fucking clever, he hears things that other people don’t hear. It was incredible watching him work and mad to have him working on my stuff. On one hand it was really chilled and really nice, on the other hand I was pinching myself. Even now, if I’m in a shop and I hear a Blur tune or whatever I’m like, ‘hold on a minute!’. It definitely does feel quite surreal sometimes.”
