Red Mosquito

this could be interesting, but damn this doesnt sound good:

¨O’Brien credits playing the guitar for hours, along with the work of Win Hof—a motivational speaker and athlete known for his use of cold exposure to treat a host of mental ailments and diseases, including multiple sclerosis and cancer—of helping him get through it¨

https://pitchfork.com/news/ed-obrien-an ... ue-morpho/

Gorgeous first single though.

VinylGuy wrote:this could be interesting, but damn this doesnt sound good:

¨O’Brien credits playing the guitar for hours, along with the work of Win Hof—a motivational speaker and athlete known for his use of cold exposure to treat a host of mental ailments and diseases, including multiple sclerosis and cancer—of helping him get through it¨

https://pitchfork.com/news/ed-obrien-an ... ue-morpho/

“Gullible rock guitarist hoodwinked by crackpot”

Oh dear.

I want to hear many isolated tracks of Ed O'Brien on Radiohead songs. Does this exist?

Seems unlikely outside of the band's archives.

Yeah, I'm uneducated on technical limitations. I just know that something similar exists for lots of Bob Weir tracks. Wasn't sure if that was a fan-made thing or someone close to the band that had access to tapes. I guess if there was as big of a taping culture for Radiohead as there was for the dead, maybe it's out there?

I'm just listening to his new solo track and starting to understand how much texture he really adds to the band. Even after watching them live a few times, I'd assumed it was all Jonny. I'd love to hear some of that stuff as ambient music.

His solo album seems very promising yeah.

It's well documented that O'Brien felt quite at odds with his role in the band during the Kid A & Amnesiac recording sessions, as their songwriting and arrangements veered away being guitar based. From memory he doesn't even appear on some of the tracks from that period.

Really? his playing in Kid A is my fav along with Ok Computer and In Rainbows.

Treefingers, In Limbo, Karma Police, Lucky...

Guys, VG is right.

VinylGuy wrote:Really? his playing in Kid A is my fav along with Ok Computer and In Rainbows.

How do you know if you're hearing Greenwood or O'Brien on the Kid A tracks?

Establish a baseline, like the sonics that kick off Lucky, or Treefingers. He uses guitar exclusively, and has an extensive pedal setup. When I hear sustain or delay, or washed out tones that sound like heavy wind, I assume it's Ed.

Check Morning Bell and Dollars & Cents on this comp.

https://youtu.be/oOpzReEN6pw?si=hUAr9wDZ_4KacT5B

very insightful interview.

Very nice indeed, I need to take the time to listen to his new record more, didn’t click at first but I m sure it’s a good one.

Fuck yes! Radiohead tour of Australia and Japan.

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Radiohead will play a run of 21 shows next year in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney in Australia, and in Saitama, Japan.

To help get tickets directly to fans and to minimise interception from touts and bots, tickets will be accessible by registering via radiohead.com. Registration is now open and runs for a limited time.

MAY 3, 4, 6, 7 - RAC Arena, Perth, Australia

MAY 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia

MAY 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, JUNE 1 - Afterpay Arena, Sydney, Australia

JUNE 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 - GMO Arena Saitama, Japan

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Pre-register now for a chance to purchase. Chance to purchase success/fail e-mails sent 7am Tuesday 17th Sept. Tix's on sale 9am Tuesday 17th Sept.

Let's do this thing!

Also just quietly, very happy for an Arena run rather than a stadium run. Oh yeah.

Gonna try for Tokyo, fuck it

I've registered for Sydney and Melbourne - hoping for a positive outcome.