Overview
- The seven-track record arrives May 22 on Transgressive, marking his first solo release credited to Ed O’Brien after 2020’s EOB debut.
- He premiered the companion short film Blue Morpho: The Three Act Play at SXSW, with a release planned alongside the album.
- Recorded in Wales and at London’s Church Studios, the Epworth-produced set features engineer Riley MacIntyre, arranger Tõnu Kõrvits, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, with sequencing by Flood and mixing by Ben Baptie.
- The title song features Dave Okumu, Crispin “Spry” Robinson, Nick Ramm, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Radiohead’s Philip Selway, with Shabaka Hutchings appearing elsewhere on the album.
- O’Brien describes the music as emerging from a difficult period beginning in 2020, drawing on nature, Wim Hof practices and a search for renewal.