Durand Jones & The Indications Bloom ‘Flowers’ For 1st Album Since 2021

Durand Jones & The Indications will release their fourth album, Flowers, through Dead Oceans on June 27. The trio previewed their first full-length since 2021 with the lead single, “Been So Long.”

The band — Durand Jones, Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein — self-produced the follow-up to Private Space. The three musicians wrote the new album at Rhein’s home studio in Chicago, recording single-take demos that evolved into Flowers tracks.

Jones provided a look into the lyrical themes found within the pending 11-song effort:

“All of these songs touch on such mature topics, things that we never got to sing about before. We are all in our 30s, have all been through ups and downs in our personal lives and professional lives, and flowers are a sign of maturity, growth, spring, productivity.

“I had spent the last year and a half laying everything out that I felt insecure about — I felt insecure about my sexuality, growing up poor; about a myriad of things. I laid all of that out on the table and it made me such a stronger person, to the point that I got back to the Indications and I was way more sure of myself.”

Durand Jones & The Indications will soon embark on a European tour supporting Lenny Kravitz on his Blue Electric Light arena tour. The group shared this statement detailing the single, “Been So Long,” writing:

“‘Been So Long’ felt like a natural choice for the first single from the new album. Although it hasn’t been that long since we’ve been apart, it is the longest stretch the band hasn’t toured or released music in nearly a decade. The feeling of returning to your hometown is not unlike getting back together with your band mates after a spell. Some things have changed nearly beyond recognition, while others are exactly as you always remembered.”

“In the video we are joined by Chicago musicians Wyatt Waddell and Michael Damani, two very gifted singers who lent their voices on the recording of ‘Been So Long’.”

Watch the “Been So Long” video:

Flowers Tracklist

1. Flowers
2. Paradise
3. Lovers’ Holiday
4. I Need The Answer
5. Flower Moon
6. Really Wanna Be With You
7. Been So Long
8. Everything
9. Rust and Steel
10. If Not For Love
11. Without You