Earth (EOB album)

Earth
Colored triangles with EOB and Earth in opposite bottom corners
Studio album by
EOB
Released17 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
Recorded2012–2020[1]
Genre
Length46:00
LabelCapitol
ProducerFlood, Catherine Marks
Singles from Earth
  1. "Brasil"
    Released: 5 December 2019
  2. "Shangri-La"
    Released: 6 February 2020
  3. "Olympik"
    Released: 2 April 2020
  4. "Cloak of the Night"
    Released: 9 April 2020

Earth is the debut solo album by the English musician Ed O'Brien, released under the name EOB. It was released by Capitol Records on 17 April 2020. It was produced by Flood and Catherine Marks and features musicians including the drummer Omar Hakim, the bassist Nathan East, the Invisible member Dave Okumu, the folk singer Laura Marling, the Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley, the Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche and the Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood.

O'Brien, a member of Radiohead, had been writing music for years, but lacked confidence and felt his songs did not fit with Radiohead. After abandoning plans to make electronic music, he made demos with the producer Ian Davenport in 2014, then recorded with Flood from late 2017 to early 2019. The music was inspired by his time living in Brazil and attending Carnival.

Earth received mostly positive reviews. O'Brien began a North American tour in February 2020; the full Earth tour was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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