Mourning [A] BLKstar announce new LP ‘Ancient//Future,’ share “Literary Witches”

Cleveland-based Afrofuturist collective Mourning [A] BLKstar have announced a new album, Ancient//Future, due out on July 19 via Don Giovanni. It features violinist Caitlin Edwards on “Her Song,” and they’ve offered the following thesis about it: “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.” See the cover art, created by Dakari Akil, and the tracklist below.

They’ve also shared the first single, “Literary Witches,” and you can watch the self-directed video below. They say, “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 – ANCIENT//FUTURE TRACKLIST
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