Solange, George Clinton, Tierra Whack, Anderson .Paak, Thundercat, Little Dragon, and more appear on FlyLo’s latest

Flying Lotus has announced his new album. It’s called Flamagra and it’s out May 24 via Warp. The first offering from the album is a spoken track called “Fire Is Coming” and it features David Lynch, his face distorting as he tells a story to a group of wolf-children. Check out the song’s accompanying video, directed by Flying Lotus (aka steve) and David Firth (the “Salad Fingers” creator), below.

“I’d been working on stuff for the past five years, but it was always all over the place. I’d always had this thematic idea in mind—a lingering concept about fire, an eternal flame sitting on a hill,” Flying Lotus said in a statement. “Some people love it, some people hate it. Some people would go on dates there and some people would burn love letters in the fire. Then I went to this party and heard David Lynch saying the words that he wound up saying on the record. And I was like, ‘that’s it, we’re just going to go in that direction.”

Flamagra has a stacked list of guest contributors. In addition to Lynch, Solange, George Clinton, Tierra Whack, Anderson .Paak, Thundercat, Little Dragon, Shabazz Palaces, Toro Y Moi, Denzel Curry, and more appear on the new record. The album also features two songs in tribute to the late Mac Miller: “Find Your Own Way Home” and “Thank U Malcolm.” Flying Lotus said of the album in a statement:

This album has been a refuge for pain and trying to make the most out of that pain. Music can heal and in the wake of that tragedy it reminded me what I’m here to do. As we get older, we start to figure out what our purpose is and embrace it and I want to do good things with my work. I want it to be able to help people through tough times and inspire them to be creative.

Flying Lotus has stayed busy with several other projects in recent years. He’s contributed music to the new movie Perfect and Donald Glover‘s FX series “Atlanta.” He also appeared in the new film Game Over, Man. FlyLo has also shared a handful of new songs like “Quarantine” and excerpts from his soundtrack for Blade Runner Black Out 2022.

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FlyLo’s film Kuso arrived in 2017, and his last album You’re Dead! came out in 2014.

Flamagra:

01 Heroes

02 Post Requisite

03 Heroes in a Half Shell

04 More [ft. Anderson .Paak]

05 Capillaries

06 Burning Down the House [ft. George Clinton]

07 Spontaneous [ft. Little Dragon]

08 Takashi

09 Pilgrim Side Eye

10 All Spies

11 Yellow Belly [ft. Tierra Whack]

12 Black Balloons Reprise [ft. Denzel Curry]

13 Fire Is Coming [ft. David Lynch]

14 Inside Your Home

15 Actually Virtual [ft. Shabazz Palaces]

16 Andromeda

17 Remind U

18 Say Something

19 Debbie Is Depressed

20 Find Your Own Way Home

21 The Climb [ft. Thundercat]

22 Pygmy

23 9 Carrots [ft. Toro Y Moi]

24 FF4

25 Land Of Honey [ft. Solange]

26 Thank U Malcolm

27 Hot Oct.