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May 21, 2026As ambitious and meticulously-composed as one would expect, O’Brien’s latest is a beautiful, serene slab of mercurial art rock that, despite some likeable shorter cuts (‘Solfeggio’ and ‘Thin Places’ offer up heartfelt ambience) soars on the strength of the lengthy tracks that book-end it.
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May 22, 2026After the relatively conventional, rock-leaning songs of Earth, “Blue Morpho” arrived as a wonderful surprise.
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MojoMay 21, 2026It's the oddly formless Thin Places, a floating reverie where the solidness of life has apparently been rubbed away, that best captures the mood of this deeply meditative record, intermittent electric-blue flashes of revelation glinting through the darkness. [Jul 2026, p.82]
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May 22, 2026An enchanting album whose colours are as bright and as striking as the butterfly after which it is named. It is a deeply affecting and ultimately uplifting piece of work.
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May 21, 2026This is the sound of healing, with Ed O’Brien out of his cocoon and in dazzling flight.
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May 21, 2026Blue Morpho is the exact album Radiohead fans hoped O’Brien had in him: as adventurous, curious, and open-armed as the man himself.
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May 28, 2026Blue Morpho’s transportive ambitions are ultimately a vessel for O’Brien’s innerspace explorations.
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May 27, 2026Blue Morpho sounds like the beginning of an impressive journey for Ed O’Brien.
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May 21, 2026As it ends, you come away with the impression that O’Brien’s solo career has truly taken flight second time around. [Jun 2026, p.100]
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Jun 15, 2026An atmospheric, dense and often mesmerising album.
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UncutMay 21, 2026A triumph, personally and creatively. [Jun 2026, p.33]
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May 22, 2026This is at least the equal of Radiohead’s recent output and perhaps more pertinently firmly establishes O’Brien as a solo artist in his own right.