PROSTITUTE – Attempted Martyr – CD [MAR 13]

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Following the crazily limited Dinked Edition white label pressing of this incredible album (it sold out in minutes), we now bring you the official worldwide release on Mute. Hailed as one of the USs most exciting and provocative new bands, Prostitutes bracing debut Attempted Martyr has been quite the talking point!

Emerging out of Dearborn, Michigan, this five-piece deal in pure chaos and catharsis – fiery live shows, razor-sharp intensity, and a sound thats as incendiary as it is brutally tight. Their name reflects their fixation on identity, desperation, and survival under late capitalism.

Attempted Martyr was written in the midst of global and personal turmoil, capturing the zeitgeist of a world unraveling. A loose concept record, it chronicles the rise and fall of a doomed zealot whose pursuit of holy vengeance spirals into a psychotic orgy of violence, greed, and lust. Its dense, turbulent, and charged with blaring Middle Eastern, African and East Asian influences – all scorched into shape by producer Chris Koltay (The Armed, Mdou Moctar).

With mounting online buzz, critical acclaim and a run of sold-out bootleg editions, Prostitutes debut continues to gain momentum.

Really heavy, intense, intriguing, thrilling, and thematically unique album, and aesthetically unique, too – Anthony Fantano

Calling the Dearborn noise rockers debut intense is somehow still underselling it.
– Pitchfork

…a terroristic noise rock opera, complete with groovy riffs, pummeling drums, and a frontman more crazed than anyone in their orbit – Stereogum

Tracklist:

1. All Hail
2. Judge
3. M. Dada
4. Body Meat
5. Senegal
6. In the Corner Dunce
7. Joumana Kayrouz
8. Harem Induction Hour

Moe – vocals, guitars, keyboards, sampling, lyrics
Andrew – drums, sampling, lyrics
Dylan – bass
Ross – guitars
Bret – bass on “In the Corner Dunce” and “Joumana Kayrouz“

All songs written by Prostitute

Engineered and mixed by Chris Koltay at High Bias Recordings in Detroit, MI

Mastered by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering in Detroit, MI

Produced by Moe & Andrew

Horns on “Senegal” played by Jeremy Wendell

Album cover and logo designs by Addison Babinski, Aisha Mustafa, and AK

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