Mutator (album)

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Mutator
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 23, 2021 (2021-04-23)
Length31:42
Label Sacred Bones
Alan Vega chronology
IT
(2017)
Mutator
(2021)
Insurrection
(2024)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
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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.TitleLength
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. 1 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.