# Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien on Grief and the Power of Samora Pinderhughes

An episode of [In Our Headphones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/121393815), 26 Mar 2026, 10 min.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/bad5d079-8dcb-4630-8770-aa090049131d/32b2ac38-5a48-4300-9fa6-aa40002038b5/3012fa1f-e3d2-4ffa-9015-b41701173dc9/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4ac1c451-4315-4096-ab9b-aa40002038c4

On a special episode of In Our Headphones, host Evie Stokes talks with Ed O’Brien of Radiohead about one of the songs that inspired him while working on his upcoming new solo album, Blue Morpho, out May 22 via Transgressive Records. The two talk about Samoa Pinderhughes’ track “Grief,” his pandemic routines, and how the song guided him through a difficult time. The song comes from the album GRIEF, out now via Stretch Music/Ropeadope. Produced by Dusty Henry Mastered by: William Myers Production support: Serafima Healy Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube. Support the podcast: kexp.org/headphones Contact us at headphones@kexp.org. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.