Mdou Moctar announce new album, share video for title track 'Funeral for Justice'
Funeral for Justice Out May 3 via Matador
February 28, 2024
Photo by Ebru Yildiz
Nigerian quartet Mdou Moctar have announced their new album. Funeral for Justiceand shared its title, via a music video. Funeral for Justice will be released on May 3 via Matador. Check out the title track below, followed by the tracklist and album art, as well as the band's upcoming tour dates.
Funeral for Justice follows the band's 2021 album, Africa Victim.
The band shares its name with its lead singer and guitarist. In a press release, Moctar says the new album is inspired by the troubling political climate in Niger. “This album is really different for me. Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they would help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us find a solution.”
Producer and bassist Mikey Coltun says: “Mdou Moctar has been a powerful anti-colonial band for as long as I've been a part of it. France came in, fucked the country and then said “you are free”. And it is not”.
Speaking about the band's evolution, Coltun adds:Ilana was the gateway album, saying this is a raw rock band. And Africa Victim was a sum of that vision. With Funeral for Justice, I really wanted this to shine through with the political message because of everything that's going on. As the band got tighter and heavier live, it made sense to capture that urgency and that aggression – it wasn't forced, it was very natural.”
Read our interview with Mdou Moctar at Africa Victim.
Funeral for Justice Track List:
1. Funeral for Justice
2. Emouchar
3. Tacoma
4. Suzume
5. Imagerhan
6. Tchinta
7. Djallo #1
8. O France
9. Modern Slaves
Mdou Moctar tour Dates:
April 14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts festival
April 21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts festival
June 5 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Anchor Rock Club
June 6 – Harrisburg, PA @ The Abbey Bar on ABC
June 7 – Richmond, Virginia @ Cheers Brown's Island
June 8 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
June 9 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
June 11 – Charleston, SC @ Pour House
June 12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
June 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
June 14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
June 15 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi
June 18 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
June 19 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Bag
June 20 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
June 21 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall
June 22 – Greenfield, MA @ Green River Music festival
June 23 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
June 26 – Brooklyn, New York @ Warsaw
June 27 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
June 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
July 3rd – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
July 7 – Beuningen, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
August 19 – Berlin, DE @ Festaal Kreuzberg
August 20 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Kreuzberg
August 21 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
August 22 – Milan, IT @ Magnolia Summer Stage
August 25 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
August 26 – Antwerp, BE @ OLT Revierenhof
August 27 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
August 30 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road festival
August 31 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
September 1 – Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk festival
September 2nd – Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke's
September 3 – Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
September 4th – Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
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