Black Flower tease upcoming album with lead single ‘Monkey System’ ft. Meskerem Mees

There’s exciting new from Belgian quintet Black Flower, who are gearing up to release a new album in the new year. Entitled Kinetic, it follows their 2022 Magma, and arrives on January 31st through Sdban Ultra.

There’s still a long wait ahead but the collective are teasing the album now with a brilliant and boisterous lead single called ‘Monkey System’ featuring singer-songwriter Meskerem Mees. The title takes its inspiration from the parable of the monkey whereby the monkey is lured by bait inside a hole, it reaches for it with a clenched fist and can’t get the food out without letting go of it. When danger approches, the monkey chooses to hold on to the food rather than letting go of it and gets trapped.

The track “is a reflection on this state of mind, and by extension, a poignant metaphor for the human condition”, as the press release explains, and it “mirrors a deeper truth: our tendency to cling to desires that ultimately hold us back.”

Tracklist:

A1. Black Flower – Kinetic
A2. Black Flower feat. Meskerem Mees – Monkey System
A3. Black Flower – Underwave
B1. Black Flower – Synesthetic
B2. Black Flower – Violet Drift
B3. Black Flower – Conundrums
B4. Black Flower – Particles

Sdban Ultra will release Kinetic on January 31, 2025