Earth CD

Ed OrsquoBrien never planned to make a solo record. As a guitarist with Radiohead, who over almost three decades and nine albums have established themselves as one of the most innovative and influentialnbspmusical forces of our time, he thought his artistic side had its outlet and was happy to spend any downtime from Radiohead with his family. Plus, he wondered, would it really be necessary ldquoThom,nbspJonny and Phillip are making music,rdquo he says, ldquoand Irsquom like, lsquoThe last thing the world needs is a shit album by me.rsquordquo But suddenly a switch was flicked and the songs came pouring out of him. That creative surge resulted in an album of rediscovery and adventure by OrsquoBrien under the moniker EOB that deftly veers fromnbspmoments of delicate folk to euphoric house, its songs seamlessly pinned together by unswerving melodic hooks and candid lyricism. A spirit of collaboration runs through it, from the production team ofnbspFlood, Catherine Marks, Alan Moulder and Adam lsquoCecilrsquo Bartlett to the extraordinary musicians OrsquoBrien assembled to help bring these tracks to life Omar Hakim, Colin Greenwood, David Okumu, LauranbspMarling, Adrian Utley, Nathan East and Glenn Kotche.