Coinciding with Mourning [A] BLKstar‘s tenth anniversary, Flowers for the Living is billed as the Cleveland collective’s first album since 2020’s The Cycle. MAB continuously moved forward between that release and this one, performing on their own and touring as Lonnie Holley’s backing band, and issuing intermediary studio projects like Celestial Bodies and Ancient//Future. Founding members LaToya Kent and RA Washington also worked together on a solo tape by the former and their Me:You duo recording Field Tapes in der Trash. On this edifying set, MAB recommence what they call their “spirit work” while further melding soul, blues, gospel, jazz, hip-hop, house, and experimental electronic music in a way that is both avant-garde and accessible. In the past,…