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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Tuareg desert blues band Mdou Moctar was recorded over five days in upstate New York by bassist and producer Mikey Coltun.
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- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, International, African Traditions, Worldbeat, Desert Blues, Global Jazz
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May 3, 2024Dazzling.
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May 3, 2024This is a fantastic album. It may be the best of an already-excellent run of albums produced by – and it really does bear repeating – the greatest rock band in the world.
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May 8, 2024Let’s keep it simple: this thing fucking rips. Moctar—along with his bandmates Ahmoudou Madassane, Mikey Coltun, and Souleymane Ibrahim—has built upon the foundations of Afrique Victime and made a tighter record that’s infused with garage rock energy. This isn’t a solemn funeral march: it’s a rallying cry.
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Apr 30, 2024Funeral for Justice is the band’s most forceful album yet, tailor-made to melt minds at massive festivals.
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May 2, 2024‘Modern Slaves’ is the only track that reflects the mournful suggestion of the album’s title, its lament of choral voices accentuating a lyrical pain over music that is gently insistent and quietly furious. More often, ‘Funeral For Justice’ is ablaze with energy.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 21, 2024It's music to stop you in your tracks. [Summer 2024, p.75]
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The WireMay 14, 2024Funeral For Justice comes a step closer to channelling an authentic Mdou Moctar live experience. The title track wastes no time to demonstrate the unfettered power on tap, bursting from silence into a series of electrifying riffs and fervent claps, never letting up. [Jun 2024, p.53]