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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, 2024Funeral For Justice represents another step in decentralizing the public discourse from Western normative standards, hopefully allowing for a better understanding of others and ourselves.
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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 10, 2024On Funeral for Justice, it’s impossible to miss—from the blood dripping off of the crows on its album cover to the screeching guitars that open its first song, it’s the proud sound of rebellion, transposed from Tamasheq into a language that refuses to be misinterpreted.
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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, 2024Funeral for Justice finds the band flying high while creating songs they believe passionately in, resulting in the strongest album of Mdou Moctar’s career.
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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]