There´s wonderful news from UK supergroup Flock, the project that brings together a golden lineup of UK jazz stalwarts: Bex Burch (Vula Viel), Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96), Sarathy Korwar, Al MacSween (Maisha, Kefaya) and Tamar Osborn (Collocutor, Dele Sosimi, Unknown To Known). Following their self-titled debut album, which was one of our Album Picks of 2022, Flock are back with their second album, Flock II. The album was recorded in the Welsh countryside where “they crafted unique “jump-off” devices for each justifypiece, drawing inspiration from unconventional structures and atmospheres”, as the press release describes.

Flock II arrives on October 25th through Strut Records, and ahead of it the band have shared the first single, ‘Capillary Waves’, which serves as an exhilarating taste of what’s to come. Take a listen below.

In other related good news, Flock will perform live at London’s Jazz Café on October 18th, alongside Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, as part of the 25th anniversary of Strut Records.