Mourning [A] BLKstar announce new album 'Ancient//Future'

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Cleveland Afrofuturist collective Mourning [A] BLKstar will deliver their new studio album this summer.

Announced today, Ancient//Future will be unveiled on July 19 via Don Giovanni Records. The first single from the record titled “Literary Witches” comes with a visual directed by the group, who said this about the song:

"We wanted 'Literary Witches' to be the sonic embodiment of when a woman who birthed the world is unnoticed and shadowed by her children she revolts. Fed by her body and her hands and her heart she emotes with the strongest parts of her voice, the solid stoic sections of her meaning. Gentle sternness to set the motion back on a path that is inclusive of her needs in tandem with the needs of the world."

Mourning [A] BLKstar said this about Ancient//Future, which is the follow-up to their 2020 album The Cycle:

“In a world that is shaken at its core, at war with the earth and in its values, in its capital perspective and ignorant to the depth of life’s meaning we offer a suite of songs entitled Ancient//Future. How do you approach a flame that spits fire in all directions? A flame that careens the message on its very back? In a landscape filled with love and love lost, valor and brewing contempt of a marginalized box with tight locks. This output breaks through the ceiling and demands to be seen in full color and uninhibited nakedness.”

Pre-orders for the seven-track album can be made here.

Ancient//Future tracklisting

01 Literary Witches

02 Along The Red Rim, The Sun Settles

03 Just Can't Be

04 Her Song (featuring Caitlin Edwards)

05 Santi Murder

06 Do Over Flip (interlude)

07 Junee