Graham Coxon reviews: solo noise, pop, and bonfire-level intimacy

The Profile

Graham Coxon is an English musician best known as the guitarist of Blur and for an extensive solo career spanning lo-fi songwriting, punk/noise energy, power-pop craft, and soundtrack work.

From the reviews: he is described as a former Blur guitarist, an increasingly self-sufficient studio "one-man-band" who plays multiple instruments (including drums) on his solo work, and an artist associated with analog/lo-fi approaches. One review states he founded the independent label Transcopic after releasing "The Sky Is Too High." He composed soundtracks for the TV series "The End Of The F***ing World" (including a second volume).

Across these reviews, Coxon is praised as a major UK guitarist and an increasingly self-sufficient one-man-band who often plays multiple instruments. His solo catalog is described as wildly eclectic: lo-fi intimacy, punk/noise outbursts, power-pop clarity, and soundtrack versatility. Standouts repeatedly cited include The Spinning Top and the two The End of the F***ing World soundtrack volumes. A minority view prefers him within Blur, but even those reviews acknowledge strong songs and creativity.

Notable Quotes

❝ only the one playing guitar and singing is one of the UK's greatest musicians of the last 30 years (calling him just a guitarist is now limiting, since he plays all the instruments on his solo albums).

❝ Coxon on his seventh solo album writes his masterpiece. One of the most beautiful albums of these '00s years.

❝ Recorded within a week strictly in analog, this little gem gathers 13 pure and genuine tracks without the interference of any machine other than a simple Vintage recorder.

❝ Working in such an unusual way must have done Graham Coxon good, as he produces a varied, rich, and complete soundtrack, perfectly adherent to what the series presents on screen.

❝ P.S. Oh, I almost forgot... Thanks to this release, Coxon also founded a small independent record label named Transcopic, which is still active to this day.