Mdou Moctar announces new acoustic album, Tears of Injustice

Mdou Moctar has announced a new album, Tears of Injustice, a re-recorded and newly arranged version of this year’s Funeral for Justice on acoustic instruments. It’s out February 28 via Matador, and today the group have shared a video for “Imajighen (Injustice Version)”. Watch it below.

“We wanted to make a separate version of Funeral for people to hear,” said the band’s US-based bassist and producer, Mikey Coltun, in a statement. “We’re always playing around with arrangements at shows. We wanted to prove that we could do it on a record, too. And there’s a whole other side of the band that comes out when we play a stripped-down set. It becomes something new.” 

Funeral for Justice is featured on our list of the 42 Best Albums of 2024 so far.

Mdou Moctar Tears of Injustice tracklist:

1. Funeral for Justice (Injustice Version)
2. Imouhar (Injustice Version)
3. Takoba (Injustice Version)
4. Sousoume Tamacheq (Injustice Version)
5. Imajighen (Injustice Version)
6. Tchinta (Injustice Version)
7. Oh France (Injustice Version)
8. Modern Slaves (Injustice Version)

Mdou Moctar tour dates:

Oct 3 NJ, US – White Eagle Hall
Oct 4 RI, US – The Knickerbocker Music Center
Oct 5 NY, US – Bearsville Theater
Oct 6 VT, US – Higher Ground
Oct 7 QC, Canada – Le National
Oct 8 ON, Canada – The Bronson Centre
Oct 9 ON, Canada – The Concert Hall
Oct 11 OH, US – The Athenaeum Theatre
Oct 12 MI, US – The Pyramid Scheme
Oct 13 WI, US – Majestic Theatre
Oct 14 MN, US – First Avenue
Oct 16 NE, US – The Waiting Room Lounge
Oct 17 CO, US – Gothic Theatre
Oct 18 UT, US – Metro Music Hall
Oct 19 ID, US – Treefort Music Hall
Oct 22 WA, US – The Crocodile
Oct 23 OR, US – Revolution Hall
Oct 25 CA, US – The Regency Ballroom
Oct 26 CA, US – Teragram Ballroom
Oct 27 CA, US – Teragram Ballroom
Oct 28 AZ, US – Crescent Ballroom
Oct 29 NM, US – El Rey Theater
Oct 31 TX, US – LEVITATION
Nov 2 Mexico City, Mexico – Hipnosis Festival
Nov 30 Ghent, Belgium – Vooruit Concertzaal
Dec 1 Lille, France – L’Aéronef
Dec 3 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 2
Dec 4 Madrid, Spain – Mon
Dec 5 Lisbon, Portugal – Lav2
Dec 6 Porto, Portugal – Ccop
Dec 8 Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country – Dabadaba
Dec 9 Toulouse, France – Le Rex
Dec 10 Marseille, France – le molotov
Dec 11 Düdingen, Switzerland – Bad Bonn
Dec 12 Lucerne, Switzerland – Sedel
Dec 13 Schorndorf, Germany – Club Manufaktur
Dec 14 Mainz, Germany – schon schon
Dec 15 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
Dec 17 Istanbul, Türkiye – Babylon