Mdou Moctar have released their much-anticipated new album, ‘Funeral for Justice’. Along with the album release the band have shared the record’s penultimate track, ‘Oh France’, a fiery indictment of French colonialism that stands among the group’s heaviest songs to date.
A full five minutes of fretboard-melting guitar virtuoso with a thunderous backing and Moctar’s melodic vocal phrasing. Changing things up halfway through to an acid-tripping hypnotic dirge, the band doesn’t sit still for a second, leaving us with a whirlwind of captivating chaos and technically brilliant music.
Check it out, here
Find out more via the bands Website or Facebook
Purchase the album here
TRACKLIST
- Funeral For Justice
- Imouhar
- Takoba
- Sousoume
- Imagerhan
- Tchinta
- Djallo #1
- Oh France
- Modern Slaves
On Friday, Bandcamp will host a listening party for the album with Mdou Moctar bassist and producer Mikey Coltun on hand to answer questions throughout playback. RSVP HERE.
In June, Mdou Moctar will launch US and European headlining tours with festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Green River, Glastonbury, and End of the Road, among others. The band will play a headline show at Electric Brixton in London on July 3rd, with further UK headline dates later in the year. Find a complete itinerary below.
June
- June 5 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Anchor Rock Club
- June 6 – Harrisburg, PA @ The Abbey Bar at ABC
- June 7 – Richmond, VA @ 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, NY @ Warsaw
- June 27 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
- June 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
- June 30 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
July
- July 3 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
- July 4 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
- July 7 – Beuningen, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
August
- August 16 – Paredes De Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival
- 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 – Koln, DE @ Gebaude 9
- August 28 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
- August 30 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
- August 31 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
September
- September 1 – Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk Festival
- September 2 – Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s
- September 3 – Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
- September 4 – Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
