We feel that its not justice.
The result is the mournfulTears of Injustice, due to arrive Feb. 28, 2025, on Matador Records.
Here, we want you to listen and understand everything Im saying.
Mdou Moctar recording in BrooklynNelson Espinal*
It was a very tense session, Coltun says.
The guys are really drawn to their phones.
A lot of these songs were one take or two takes, says Coltun.
We would just hit record and go.
We wanted it to feel like we were just sitting around in Niger with each other, very casually.
It didnt feel right to exclude that group of people and have that emotion.
When we threw that into the record, it kind of tied everything together.
A lot of people in the States have never been around West African culture, Coltun says.
And we come onstage in turbans andbubus[robes].
When we toured with Tame Impala, people laughed when we walked out.
But by the end of the show, everyone was screaming for us.
Moctar has taken much of the money hes earned and used it to dig wells across Niger.
In the future, he hopes to open up a school for women.
I share so much with my community, he says.
I understand when they are in a good situation or not.
I just travel to the West for work.
I prefer to stay in Africa.
