Damon McMahon’s musical project, Amen Dunes, has announced the release of a new album “Death Jokes” with the premier single, ‘Purple Land’.
‘Purple Land’ was originally said to be ‘a country song for campfires’, but it became more complex in arrangement. It’s about the fragility of life, with an angel figure warning, “You’ll forget you’re living on the sun.”
“’Purple Land’ is one of the album’s interstitial character portraits: first of a child, then the narrator, and then of an empowered figure as they all navigate and find liberation from the disconnection and disenchantment of an uncertain world. It begins first as a song to my daughter about life on earth, offering platitudes, warnings, and guidance through its various stages, until it becomes a reflection on the narrator’s own uncertainties as he moves through the world, ending finally with a character Rhea Anne who exemplifies liberation from it all in a moment of simple reckless freedom, as the beat drops in the final minute of the song.”
Damon McMahon, Amen Dunes.
“Death Jokes” marks Amen Dunes’ first record since 2018’s “Freedom”, finds McMahon immersing himself in the fundamentals of both piano and electronic music again.
Aside from the news of the first single, ‘Purple Land’, Dunes’ has announced concerts in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City in May, London, Paris, Berlin, and More in July.
Amen Dunes’ new album “Death Jokes” is out on 10 May via Sub Pop.
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Damon McMahon’s musical project, Amen Dunes, has announced the release of a new album “Death Jokes” with the premier single, ‘Purple Land’.
‘Purple Land’ was originally said to be ‘a country song for campfires’, but it became more complex in arrangement. It’s about the fragility of life, with an angel figure warning, “You’ll forget you’re living on the sun.”
“Death Jokes” marks Amen Dunes’ first record since 2018’s “Freedom”, finds McMahon immersing himself in the fundamentals of both piano and electronic music again.
Aside from the news of the first single, ‘Purple Land’, Dunes’ has announced concerts in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City in May, London, Paris, Berlin, and More in July.
Amen Dunes’ new album “Death Jokes” is out on 10 May via Sub Pop.
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