Amen Dunes - Death jokes (Loser edition/Coke bottle green) 2LP

Death Jokes marks Amen Dunes’ first record since 2018’s Freedom, named a “best album of the decade” by Pitchfork. Instead of embarking on the eerie, modern blend of folk and blues for which he’s known, McMahon decided to become a beginner again, immersing himself in the fundamentals of both piano and the electronic music he’d grown up with at raves and clubs but never imagined himself able to make. 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. Through samples and lyrics, the album plays like a scathing electronic essay on America’s culture of violence, dominance, and destructive individualism.

1 Death Jokes
2 Ian
3 Joyrider
4 What I Want
5 Rugby Club
6 Boys
7 Exodus
8 Predator
9 Solo Tape
10 Purple Land
11 I Don't Mind
12 Mary Anne
13 Round the World
14 Poor Cops