Mourning [A] BLKstar "Flowers For The Living" 12" Color:Galaxy Swirl and the DIY record label

and the DIY record label that introduced the world to the likes of Green Day

reverb-drenched guitar chords

and with guest appearances by Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong

across the country

Jane Lai - piano

Mourning [A] BLKstar "Flowers For The Living" 12" Color:Galaxy Swirl and the DIY record labelFollowing their masterful 2020 double LP The Cycle, which showcased a bold, skittering hip hop take on gospel music, and 2024s emphatic blues rock tape Ancient Future, the Cleveland based Afrofuturist collective returns with Flowers for the Living. As conduits of the mid 1960s Black ecstatic tradition, M[A]Bs self described spirit work is rooted in openness, free improvisation, utterance, and possession, and this record embodies the genetic memories