After a nearly five-decade (and counting) career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea will release his first full-length solo album, ‘Honora’, on March 27, 2026 via Nonesuch Records.
Time and space have finally allowed him to return to his first musical loves: jazz and playing the trumpet.
The album track ‘Traffic Lights’, co-written with Thom Yorke and Josh Johnson and featuring vocals, piano, and synth from Yorke, is available today; you can watch a visualizer for it — with direction, animation, and illustration by nespy5euro — below.
Flea and the HONORA band embark on an international tour, playing intimate venues in select cities, this May.
For ‘Honora’, which takes its name from a beloved family member, Flea composed and arranged the music, and also plays trumpet and bass throughout, joined by an elite crew of modern jazz visionaries: album producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss and drummer Deantoni Parks.
The record features vocals from Flea, as well as friends Thom Yorke and Nick Cave. Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, ATOMS FOR PEACE) and Nate Walcott (BRIGHT EYES), among others, also join the band.
The album comprises six original songs — including one co-written by Flea, Johnson and Yorke — as well as interpretations of tunes by George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, and Ann Ronell.