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Apr 6, 2017 · There was often beauty in restraint when it came to some of Badly Drawn Boy’s best songs, but Silent Sigh is elevated for its lushness. Like Lennon at his most atmospheric, Gough’s reverb-drenched falsettos are complimented by twinkling, otherworldly piano that show beautiful bombast.
- Sam Lambeth
Jan 28, 2020 · An ever-engaging orator, 2000 Mercury Prize winner Badly Drawn Boy has now told the story behind 5 tracks that have provided the soundtrack to significant moments during his 50 years on the planet.
Damon Gough, the one-man operation behind Badly Drawn Boy exceeded the expectations raised by his debut with the memorable soundtrack to About a Boy, for which he wrote all original songs, much like Simon & Garfunkel did for The Graduate. After About a Boy, attention and accolades for Gough began to dwindle with each release. Still massively ...
May 28, 2020 · The song I’m Not Sure What It Is talks about ‘our patterns of behaviour are beginning to wear thin’. I was tired of experiencing the same thing, the world impacting on me in a way that ...
Jun 26, 2020 · After winning the Mercury Prize, Gough wrote the soundtrack to the 2002 movie adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel About A Boy, ironing out his weird tics and nudging his sound into bright studio ...
- Chris Deville
Oct 1, 2010 · Album Review: Badly Drawn Boy – It’s What I’m Thinking Pt 1 (Photographing Snowflakes) Damon Gough transcends his Mercury-infused roots with a clever, well-thought album that sits as his ...
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Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show Sam and the Magic Ball, which he saw on TV at a party in Trafford, Greater Manchester, in 1995. Before he thought of using this name he made ...
