Album: Celestial Bodies
Artist: Mourning [A] BLKstar
Release Date: March 4, 2022
Label: Self-released
Favorite Tracks:
- Angi
- Green Tara (feat. Sonja Rhie Mace)
- Open Spaces
- 192.43
- Forges
Thoughts: Cleveland’s Mourning [A] BLKstar, collective of musicians, writers, and multimedia artists, created my favorite album of 2020. Now they’re back with an album of music from various collaborations they’ve done with the likes of Adult Swim, the Cleveland Museum of Art and German dance opera artist Christoph Winkler. It’s an album that feels deeply spiritual mixing-and-matching sounds of soul, free jazz, hip-hop, gospel, and psychedelia for something unique and beautiful.
Rating: ****
Album of the Week 2022
January
- Olivia Rodrigo – Sour
- Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
- Adele –30
- Tran Uy Duc – Came
- Yard Act – The Overload
- Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy
February
- Tanya Taqaq – Tongues
- Various Artists – Summer of Soul soundtrack
- Mitski – Laurel Hell
- Shamir – Hetrosexuality
March
- Lady Pills – What I Want
- Stromae – Multitude
- Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
- Yumi Zouma – Present Tense
April
- Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
- Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
- The Linda Lindas – Growing Up
- Deer Scout – Woodpecker
- Sault – Air
May
- Congotronics International – Where’s the One?
- Oumou Sangaré – Timbuktu
- Various Artists – Daptone Mood
- Wet Leg – Wet Leg
July
- Editrix – Editrix Goes To Hell
- Medicine Singers – Medicine Singers
Panorama of the Mountains 