Overview
- Flea performed a jazz take on Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” on The Tonight Show on Monday, switching between bass and trumpet with Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, Deantoni Parks, Josh Johnson and a string section.
- He explained the forehead bandage in his interview as the result of a “bizarre peeing accident” during an Apple Music taping, saying he ran into a glass door while hurrying back to the studio.
- Honora is out March 27 on Nonesuch Records with 10 tracks that combine six originals and four covers, including “Wichita Lineman,” Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain,” and “Thinkin Bout You.”
- The album leans into trumpet-led jazz that interlaces his bass, reflecting years of renewed daily trumpet practice and featuring appearances by Thom Yorke and Nick Cave alongside a modern jazz ensemble.
- He will support the record with an intimate tour that starts May 7 in Chicago before North American and European dates, including a May 26 show at London’s KOKO.