Prostitute sign to Mute and share new single, "Mr. Dada"

“Mr Dada” follows the release of the Michigan band’s debut album, Attempted Martyr, last month, which will also receive a worldwide release on CD and two vinyl variants next year – a special limited Arabic edition on Lebanese sunburst vinyl exclusively through Dinked, and a red vinyl edition.

Prostitute are also fresh off of a UK/EU tour which included two sold-out London shows, and a performance at Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? festival. The band will be returning next spring with another two performances at MOTH Club on 28 April (sold out) and 29 April, in addition to festival spots at Roadburn and Supersonic.

“I had an identity crisis, growing up, 9/11 started a lot of xenophobia and Arab hatred and all that kind of shit. I hated being Arabic. I hated Arabs in general, just because people were hating me. Through much of my 20s I felt like, ‘How about I be the character you want me to be?’” frontperson Moe Kazra says of the thematic inspiration behind Attempted Martyr.

When we started the album, the war in Gaza hadn’t begun yet. But the world was still pretty fucked up. It already felt like the car was going off the cliff, with no-one at the wheel. There’s an angst to the album. I’m not religious, but I’ve always been drawn to art and stories about religion – this yearning for transcendence, for an answer, for forgiveness. The album is about someone trying to transcend in some way. This character is reprehensible. But we're not trying to tell anyone what to think. This isn’t some manifesto – this is art, it’s an outlet for things we were feeling,” drummer Andrew Kaster adds.