 Although he had previously dismissed it , Albarn grew to appreciate Coxon 's tastes in Lo @-@ fi and underground music , and recognised the need to significantly change Blur 's musical direction once again . " I can sit at my piano and write brilliant observational pop songs all day long but you 've got to move on " , he said . He subsequently approached Street , and argued for a more stripped @-@ down sound on the band 's next record . Coxon , recognising his own personal need to , as drummer Dave Rowntree put it , " work this band " , wrote a letter to Albarn , describing his desire for their music " to scare people again . " 
