Ed O'Brien on BBC Radio 6

Ed O'Brien talks to Matt Everitt on BBC Radio 6 Music about the record he is making, some years after telling the same station that a trip to Brazil had set something off. The presenters lay out the credits: produced by Flood and Catherine Marks, with musicians including Omar Hakim, Wilco's drummer, Laura Marling and Portishead's guitarist.

He feels excitement and something close to dread, and the first challenge was simply trying to sing. Most singers arrive in a studio after a long run of shows, he points out, and he had played none at all.

He trusted Flood completely, he says, turned up, and accepted that on some days he could not do it.