Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho (Vinyl LP) Format:Coloured Vinyl Samples of folk and country

Samples of folk and country blues recordings from the early 20th century issued by Mississippi are used by the artist to subtly layer and build his arrangements

Lee Harris (drums)

Old Time Lovin'

180 gramTracklist:

ambient-leaning approach is dialled back in favour of soaring wonky pop

Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho (Vinyl LP) Format:Coloured Vinyl Samples of folk and countryEd OBrien likes to quote a line from the great Kentucky poet and farmer Wendell Berry: To know the dark, go dark. It is the insight, after all, that ultimately led OBrien from one of the darkest spans of his life to Blue Morpho, his absorbing second solo album. To wit, as soon as OBriens solo debut was out, he heard its faults. That was April 2020, the month OBrien turned 52 and the month the world began to reckon truly with what it meant to be shut