Damon Gough

Thursday, 04 November 2021

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Badly Drawn Boy marks five years of sobriety

Music News 19 Nov 2020

The 51-year-old singer/songwriter - whose real name is Damon Gough - has reached the milestone having not touched a drop of booze for half a decade and revealed he no longer gets any urges to drink alcohol when he's around other drinkers. He tweeted this week ... After getting through that successfully, I felt invincible ... Each to their own." ... .

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Wainwright, other singer-songwriters release welcome returns

The Scranton Times-Tribune 30 Sep 2020

Singer-songwriter Damon Michael Gough (stage name Badly Drawn Boy) gives us his ninth album — his first non-soundtrack and proper set in a decade ... Gough took his time with “Shoes,” and it shows ... of Gough’s satisfying songcraft, with fetching melodies riding cool arrangements.

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Every single Mercury Prize winner: what happened next?

NME 24 Sep 2020

It’s been a weird year so far, has 2020. It’s now late September and we’ve almost reached the point where little can shock ... ‘Yeah, sure’ ... He saw off competition from Richard Ashcroft, Doves and Coldplay – and though he’s been releasing records fairly consistently ever since, this has to be Damon Gough’s defining work ... Ms ... .

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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Turns 20

Stereogum 26 Jun 2020

I quickly became obsessed with this track and soon learned Badly Drawn Boy was not a band but a solo artist from the Manchester area named Damon Gough, rarely seen without his beard and winter cap ... We know this partially because Gough has never come close to repeating it ... Gough’s singing was nothing special.

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About a boy reborn: Damon Gough returns to music

Canberra Times 14 Jun 2020

"This is an album about resilience and courage and bouncing back from the brink of tragedy." ... .

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Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes review: Breezy, easy and only just avoiding cheesy

London Evening Standard 22 May 2020

A decade after his last studio album, Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy, is back with a pleasant, pop-led effort ... .

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Albums of the week - from The 1975 to Charli XCX

Belfast Telegraph 22 May 2020

Damon Gough played four of the tracks, I Just Want To Wish You Happiness, I'll Do My Best, Is This A Dream? and Never Change, at a joyous gig at London's Roundhouse in January, before the world went dark, and the remaining 10 are equally strong.

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Run The Jewels, Joy Division and other vinyl releases you need this week

NME 22 May 2020

Every week, we here at NME round up the best vinyl releases, available to buy or pre-order via Norman Records. Here are the latest picks ... NME say. ... NME say. ... Twenty years after he scooped the Mercury Prize for his Badly Drawn Boy debut ‘The Hour of Bewilderbeast’, Damon Gough presents his ninth studio album, ‘Banana Skin Shoes’.

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‘I needed a breather but I didn’t expect it to last this long’: Life according ...

Sunday Post 21 May 2020

Singer-songwriter Badly drawn Boy, aka Damon Gough, releases a new album later this month. .

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Badly Drawn Boy webchat – post your questions now!

The Guardian 18 May 2020

Ahead of his first album in eight years, Banana Skin Shoes, the artist otherwise known as Damon Gough joins us to answer your questions on Wednesday 20 May 11.51am BST Emerging, ...

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Badly Drawn Boy announces first album in a decade, ‘Banana Skin Shoes’

NME 22 Mar 2020

Badly Drawn Boy has announced that he will be releasing his first album in 10 years – find out more below. Titled ‘Banana Skin Shoes’, Damon Gough’s eighth studio album will be his first since 2010’s ‘It’s What I’m Thinking Pt.1 – Photographing Snowflakes’ ... You can watch it below ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... .