Mdou Moctar - Tears of Injustice

Tears of Injustice is a new recording of Mdou Moctar’s 2024 album Funeral for Justice performed entirely on acoustic instruments. Sessions took place at Brooklyn’s Bunker
Studio in the summer of 2023 — booked as a way to make use of downtime while the band was briefly stranded in the United States in the wake of Niger’s recent military coup. The arrangements give new dimension to the songs, swapping Funeral’s blistering volume for a more intimate and meditative tone.

Praise for Funeral for Justice :
“Funeral for Justice is the band’s most forceful album yet, tailor-made to melt minds at massive festivals.”
Rolling Stone (****)

“A language that refuses to be misinterpreted.”
Pitchfork , Best New Music

“Fearless, inventive and urgent... Rock revolutionaries remain wildly exciting.”
NME (****)

“An amps-on-11 polemical masterpiece that warrants worldwide respect.”
MOJO (****)

“Dazzling... powerful... unstoppable.”
The Observer (*****)

“Righteous glory.”
The Line of Best Fit (9/10)