NYC-based Damon McMahon of Amen Dunes announce the long-awaited release “Purple Land,” the first single to his upcoming album Death Joke to be released May 10. “Purple Land” is an emotional composition. The vocals are impactful, and the music is an uplifting mix of electronics and instrumentals. Midway into the track, there’s a nice drum beat to bring it into the climax.
McMahon expressed about this track, “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. ”
You can watch the video below.
Amen Dune’s intentional direction is geared toward the spiritual reflections of life from all levels. This meditative track conveys like a composition on America’s cultural complexities of violence, and destruction. Thought provoking lyrics and inquisitive sound, not a dull moment.
Amen Dunes tour dates begin on May 8 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, and all the way to July 9 in London, UK.
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