Amen Dunes Share Video For New Song 'Rugby Child'
Death jokes It's out this Friday via Sub Pop
07 May 2024
Photo by Michael Schmelling
Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) is releasing a new album, Death jokes, this Friday via Sub Pop, his first album for the label. Now he's shared his fourth single, “Rugby Child,” via a music video. Check it out below.
“The song was written in April 2020 and alternates between memories of the tour and that current springtime moment,” McMahon explains in a press release. “A musician I knew from New York had just overdosed. His name wasn't Annie, but he supports him out of respect.”
He previously shared his first single, “Purple Land,” via a music video. It was one of the songs of the week. He then shared his second single, “Boys,” via a music video. It was also one of the songs of the week. He then shared his third single, the nine-minute long “Round the World,” via a music video. He also announced some new tour dates.
Death jokes follows Amen Dunes' acclaimed 2018 album, Freedomwhich was released on Scared Bones and the 2021 single “Feel Nothing”, which featured UK duo Sleaford Mods and was his first single for Sub Pop.
Death jokes she went through a lengthy labor process, with labor set to begin in 2019. McMahon experienced health issues in 2020, including COVID-19, and lost 30 pounds. In recent years, his first child was born and he moved from Los Angeles to Woodstock, New York. McMahon also struggled to find collaborators who could align with his vision for the album. He eventually ended up working with jazz bassist Sam Wilkes and producers Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray) and Kwake Bass (Tirzah, Dean Blunt), as well as doing sessions with Panoram and Money Mark. The latest album features samples taken from YouTube videos, including standup routines by Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.
Read our 2018 interview with Amen Dunes at Freedom.
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