Mutator (album)

Mutator
Studio album by Alan Vega
Released	April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23)
Length	31:42
Label	Sacred Bones
Alan Vega chronology
IT (2017) Mutator (2021) Insurrection (2024)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
NME	[2]
Line of Best Fit	[3]
Music OMH	[4]
Allmusic	[5]

Mutator is a studio album by American musician Alan Vega, released in April 2021 under the Sacred Bones label. Originally recorded by Vega, along with Liz Lamere, between 1995 and 1996, the album became "lost". Subsequently, Lamere and Jared Artaud rediscovered the album posthumous to Vega's death, as part of the "Vega Vault", and released it in 2021. A review in the New Musical Express called the album "a lesson in uncompromising art from an old master". ^{[2] [6]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trinity"	1:16
2.	"Fist"	5:12
3.	"Muscles"	4:45
4.	"Samurai"	3:44
5.	"Filthy"	3:30
6.	"Nike Soldier"	4:17
7.	"Psalm 68"	4:36
8.	"Breathe"	4:22

References

1. "Mutator by Alan Vega Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic". Metacritic . Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
2. Beaumont, Mark. "Alan Vega – 'Mutator' review: uncompromising art from an old master". NME . Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
3. Horton, Ross (April 24, 2021). "Alan Vega's legacy is cemented with Mutator's unnerving and inimitable power". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
4. Cotsell, Matt (April 21, 2021). "Alan Vega – Mutator". Music OMH . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
5. "Mutator Review by Heather Phares". Allmusic . Archived from the original on February 12, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
6. Thomas, Laviea (May 7, 2021). "Alan Vega — Mutator". The Quietus . Retrieved July 9, 2025.