Blue Morpho is Ed O’Brien’s second solo album, released under his own name after the pandemic-era debut. The album was created following a year-long bout with depression, managed through a strict daily routine of making music, cataloging ideas, and walking in the woods near his rural Wales home. O’Brien emerged with a handful of songs and worked with producer Paul Epworth to realize them. The recording features contributions from Shabaka Hutchings, Dave Okumu, drummers Dan See and Phil Selway, and Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits for string arrangements. The resulting sound blends familiar Radiohead DNA with a distinct, self-contained musical world.
"Blue Morpho was made following a year-long bout with depression that O'Brien worked through with a strict daily regimen of making music, cataloging ideas, and taking walks through the woods surrounding his new home in rural Wales, eventually emerging with a handful of songs. He tapped friend and megaproducer Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence + the Machine) to help realize them and enlisted a wide variety of talented players, including Shabaka Hutchings (on flutes tuned to 432 Hz, a supposed "heart chakra" frequency), The Invisible's bassist Dave Okumu, drummers Dan See and Radiohead's Phil Selway, and Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits, who provided lush string arrangements."
"Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien released his debut solo album under the moniker EOB in April 2020. Like a lot of records unlucky enough to come out during the height of the pandemic, Earth seemed to immediately disappear into the ether, but it also felt like it was made more for Radiohead fans than for himself. Not so with Blue Morpho, released under his own name, an incandescent creation that, while sharing some DNA with the band he's been in since he was a teenager (how could it not?), exists in its own ecosystem."
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