Amen Dunes is the musical project formed by American singer-songwriter and musician Damon McMahon in 2006. McMahon has described Amen Dunes as both a solo project and a band "when it's in action." Frequent collaborators include guitarist and keyboardist Jordi Wheeler and drummer

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History

Damon McMahon founded the band Amen Dunes in 2006 in New York, New York. Amen Dunes' fifth record, ''Freedom,'' has received positive reviews, with

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calling it McMahon's "euphoric breakthrough". In addition to his regular collaborators Parker Kindred and Jordi Wheeler, ''Freedom'' features

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and underground Roman musician Panoram. Chris Coady  (

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) produced. The record was recorded at

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in New York City and

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in Los Angeles. Amen Dunes is made up of McMahon and a rotating cast of musicians. In an interview, McMahon explained: "It's a solo project, but it's a band when it's in action, you know what I mean? I always relate to people like

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, who were very considered with their collaborators, and collaboration is what he did, and it's a big part of what I do, but it's a solo project. I have a band per album, you could say. Even less, I have different band for each stage of album development. Because I had a band that helped me flesh out these songs, and then there's a different group of guys who are coming on the road with me."

Discography

Studio albums

* 2009: ''D.I.A.'' (Locust) * 2011: ''Through Donkey Jaw'' (

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) * 2013: ''Spoiler'' (Perfect Lives) * 2014: ''

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'' (Sacred Bones Records) * 2018: ''

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving one ...

'' (Sacred Bones Records)

EPs

* 2010: ''Murder Dull Mind'' (Sacred Bones Records) – 12" * 2011: ''Rat On A Grecian Urn'' (Fixed Identity) – Cassette * 2012: ''Ethio Covers'' (self-released) – 7" * 2015: ''Cowboy Worship'' (Sacred Bones Records) – 12"

References

External links

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