MOURNING [A] BLKSTAR joins Runway

Runway is an independent booking agency based in London, UK.
Set up in the spring of 2020 against a backdrop of a global pandemic, a summer of no festivals and huge challenges to the entire live sector, Runway was founded with the intention of providing artists with a home that gives them a chance to keep developing and connecting with their fans, in the good times and the bad, whether they’ve been touring for 5 months or 25 years.

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Popmatters Best R&B/Soul Albums of 2020

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The Cycle is the latest from Mourning [A] BLKstar, an Ohio-based collective boasting three lead singers, horns, and insistent, portending grooves, There’s no way not to recognize this band’s roots in Afrofuturism; it’s also impossible to hear them as anything other than starkly original. And for anyone who’s kept up with them since their debut, the mood has gotten noticeably darker, something The Cycle makes clear.

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Mourning [A] BLKstar in Wire Magazine

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Mourning [A] BLKstar in Wire Magazine

“Before we rush back to the usual cycle of auteurist, individualist music made by lauded and pampered artist, we’d do well to listen deep to the communal act of love that is The Cycle.”

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PASTE MAGAZINE: "Mist :: Missed" Review

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PASTE MAGAZINE: "Mist :: Missed" Review

“Mist Missed” is a soulful ode to remaining yourself and staying motivated. The repetitive beat is intriguing, and it resembles the escapism that arises while focusing on a single task. The Cycle was made in a small storefront on Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, where they practiced for three years. The isolation and focus that created the album is present in “Mist Missed.”

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