Name: Death Jokes
Brand: Amen Dunes

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1555X

Colour

Clear

Colour details

Coke Bottle Green

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Custom Dust Sleeves and Insert. Etched D-Side

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-05-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

098787155501

Total Cap

Clear LPx2

SPCD1555

Gatefold Alt-Pack with Custom Dust Sleeve

098787155525

Artist

Amen Dunes

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Sub Pop

Amen Dunes is a US neo-psychedelic / indie rock band formed by singer-songwriter and musician Damon McMahon in 2006. Known for their unique blend of psychedelic sounds and indie rock influences, Amen Dunes has captivated audiences with their soulful lyrics and mesmerizing performances.

With a sound reminiscent of artists such as Tonstartssbandht, White Fence, and Woods, Amen Dunes has carved out their own niche in the music industry. Their music transports listeners to another realm, combining dreamy melodies with introspective lyrics that resonate deeply.

Having shared the stage with notable acts like Moon Duo, Dirty Beaches, and Kurt Vile, Amen Dunes has established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the indie rock scene. Their live performances are known for their raw energy and emotional intensity, leaving audiences craving more.

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

Newest Listed Items

With Death Jokes, for the first time since the project's incarnation in 2006, the spiritual reflections and meditations of Amen Dunes are turned away from himself, and out sharply towards the world. The album is also a drastic turn musically and thematically, rooted in the electronic music of raves and of rap music he grew up with but never imagined himself able to make,&nbsp; playing like a scathing electronic essay on America’s culture of violence, dominance, and destructive individualism.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The work on Death Jokes began just weeks before the first word of the pandemic came in the winter of 2019; it was completed three years later as we began to emerge from the worst. The album's meaning morphed as the pandemic went on, first a reflection on our attachment to form, and to ourselves, and then shifting into a solemn indictment of our culture’s blind spots as we misjudge and attack, veiled self-centeredness and self-importance masquerading as morality.

Death Jokes

Music GB

Discover Death Jokes by Amen Dunes. A drastic turn musically and thematically, this album is a scathing electronic essay on America's culture of violence. Label: Sub Pop.