Amen Dunes share video for new song 'Boys'
Death jokes Out May 10 via Sub Pop
07 March 2024
Photo by Michael Schmelling
Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) is releasing a new album, Death jokes, on May 10 via Sub Pop, his first album for the label. Now he's shared his second single, “Boys,” via a music video. Listen below.
McMahon wrote “Boys” in 2015 while on tour in Sicily. It started out as more of a pop-punk song before evolving into something more complex and electronic, with double-tracked vocals and guitar. McMahon said of the song in a press release: “'Boys' is another parenthetical character portrait, this time about the outcasts, the 'bad boys' and seeing things from their side: 'Whatever you have done, it is also done.'”
Steven Brahms directed the 'Boys' video and had this to say: “We only had one shot to destroy the room. The guys in the video gave us such an authentic look and flow. Everyone on the crew was buzzing after the shoot and we knew we had something special. Disaster can be very cathartic.”
He previously shared his first single, “Purple Land,” via a music video. It was one of the songs of the week.
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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