Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has announced a new solo album, ‘Blue Morpho’.
On his Instagram Ed posted
‘Hello you,
I hope you’re holding up — thriving, even, when you can. These feel like very strange and turbulent times to be living through. And yet, here we all are, still making things, and still trying to reach out to one another.
I have a new solo album coming out on May 22nd. It is called Blue Morpho.
It was co-written and produced with Paul Epworth and Riley MacIntyre, and mixed by Ben Baptie. I’m so grateful for the extraordinary players who helped make it come alive — Philip Selway, Dave Okumu, ESKA, Shabaka Hutchings, Nick Ramm, Dan See, Crispin Spry Robinson, Yves Fernandez, Luke Mullen, and others. Musicians whose presence changes everything.
A single – also called Blue Morpho – is out today, with a video.
There’s a short film too, shot in Wales, where much of the album was written, recorded and dreamt up. These songs came out of a dark place, but as Wendell Berry writes, ‘the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.’ There was deep beauty and a profound sense of grace in that place.
I’m also pleased to announce that there will be screening events for the film held in London on March 24th, Paris on March 25th, and Oxford March 26th. Sign up to my mailing list for a chance to attend London or Paris. Tickets for Oxford are on sale soon.
Later in the year, we will be playing these songs live. We would love to share them with you in a room somewhere out there.
Thank you.
With love and gratitude,
🙏Ed’
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