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Ed O'Brien

Indie rock
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Ed O'Brien is a Indie rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of Brian Eno, Fennesz, Neil Finn, Colin Greenwood and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Those roots explain a lot about how Ed O'Brien arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Smile, Thom Yorke, My New Band Believe, Radiohead and Boards of Canada, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Laura Marling, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Ed O'Brien, reaching back through Brian Eno and forward to Laura Marling. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Ed O'BrienBrian EnoFenneszNeil FinnColin GreenwoodSiouxsie and the Ban…Adam and the AntsDepeche ModeThe PoliceLaura MarlingThe SmileThom YorkeMy New Band BelieveRadioheadBoards of CanadaThe NotwistMan/Woman/ChainsawRatboy

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Ed O'Brien connections

Ed O'Brien grew out of Brian Eno, Fennesz, Neil Finn and Colin Greenwood, shares an orbit with The Smile, Thom Yorke, My New Band Believe and Radiohead, went on to shape Laura Marling. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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