Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien on Grief and the Power of Samora Pinderhughes

About this episode

Ed O’Brien of Radiohead discusses grief and the influence of Samora Pinderhughes' music on his upcoming solo album.

On a special episode of In Our Headphones , host Evie Stokes talks with Ed O’Brien of Radiohead about one of the songs that inspired him while working on his upcoming new solo album, Blue Morpho, out May 22 via Transgressive Records. The two talk about Samoa Pinderhughes’ track “Grief,” his pandemic routines, and how the song guided him through a difficult time. The song comes from the album GRIEF , out now via Stretch Music/Ropeadope. Produced by Dusty Henry Mastered by: William Myers Production support: Serafima Healy Listen to the full songs on KEXP's " In Our Headphones " playlist on Spotify or the “ What's In Our Headphones ” playlist on YouTube. Support the podcast:  kexp.org/headphones Contact us at headphones@kexp.org . Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Evie Stokes

Guest: Ed O’Brien

Topics covered

• grief
• music inspiration
• pandemic routines
• solo album
• song analysis

Keywords

• Radiohead
• Ed O’Brien
• Samora Pinderhughes
• grief
• Blue Morpho
• music
• pandemic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KEXP, Transgressive Records, Stretch Music, Ropeadope

Books & works: Blue Morpho, GRIEF

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