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10.0
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PopMatters
Even by Mdou Moctar’s high standards, Funeral for Justice is extraordinary. Its music and lyrics are searing, and the messages are essential in 2024
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10.0
137479
10.0 |
musicOMH
This may be the best of an already-excellent run of albums, produced by the greatest rock band in the world
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10.0
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Spin
Funeral 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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9.0
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All Music
This is a band and artist working at their peak, and Funeral for Justice is a career highlight
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9.0
137529
9.0 |
Under The Radar
This isn’t a solemn funeral march: it’s a rallying cry
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The Line Of Best Fit
If you’ve heard a previous Moctar record and pieced together the best bits, you’ll have an imitation of Funeral for Justice’s righteous glory, but if you haven’t, use this record as a roadmap in discovering the previous odd-decade of Moctar’s talent
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8.4
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Pitchfork
In his most directly political album yet, the Tuareg guitarist lets his solos become the sound of his fury when his Tamasheq lyrics aren’t enough
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8.0
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Far Out
Every emotion (and nearly every genre) is on display, and the result is as irresistible as it is moving
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
Funeral for Justice is the band’s most forceful album yet, tailor-made to melt minds at massive festivals
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8.0
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Exclaim
Moctar has refashioned a piece of my own musical history, now shiny and chrome. The grandeur is all-enveloping here; a minor epic built from a surfeit of dissident spirit and Van Halen fanaticism
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8.0
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Uncut
Despite remarkable playing and energy that charges through much of this record, it’s also contemplative, varied and tender at times, with the gentle sway of tracks like “Takoba” hitting as hard as the noise and fury of “Sousoume Tamachek”. Print edition only
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8.0
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Mojo
Only relenting for the odd Tinariwen-esque chill moment (Takoba; Imajughen), this one's an amps-on-11 polemical masterpiece that warrants worldwide respect. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Repeated riffs, hand-clap percussion, explosive guitars and call-and-response vocals all combine to build an irresistible set
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8.0
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Northern Transmissions
Rich in passionate, and anti-colonial sentiment, you can feel the urgency in Moctar’s harrowing vocal melodies and angular guitar playing
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8.0
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NME
The Niger band – spearheaded by their eponymous leader – are fearless, inventive and urgent on their seventh studio album
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Justice are back. Turn up the volume, roll down the windows and stop thinking about it
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4.0
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4.0 |
Spill Magazine
The innovation it attempts, most of the time, falls flat on its face
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