Flea - Honora (2026)

After a nearly five-decade (and counting) career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea releases his first full-length solo album, Honora, on Nonesuch Records. Time and space have finally allowed him to return to his first musical loves: jazz and playing the trumpet. The album features the track ‘Traffic Lights’, co-written with Thom Yorke and Josh Johnson, as well as the previously released ‘A Plea’.

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.

Flea, lead vocals, bass, trumpet
Additional musicians:
Thom Yorke, lead vocals, piano, synthesizer (track 3)
Nick Cave, lead vocals (track 7)
Mauro Refosco, percussion
Nathaniel Walcott, trumpet, keyboards
Josh Johnson, saxophone, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
Jeff Parker, guitar, backing vocals
Anna Butterss, double bass, backing vocals
Deantoni Parks, drums, backing vocals
Chris Warren, backing vocals
Ricky Washington, alto flute
Vikram Devasthali, trombone