Ed OBrien 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 influentialmusical 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? Thom,Jonny and Phillip are making music, he says, and Im like, The last thing the world needs is a shit album by me. 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 OBrien under the moniker EOB that deftly veers frommoments 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 ofFlood, Catherine Marks, Alan Moulder and Adam Cecil Bartlett to the extraordinary musicians OBrien assembled to help bring these tracks to life; Omar Hakim, Colin Greenwood, David Okumu, LauraMarling, Adrian Utley, Nathan East and Glenn Kotche.