This is the first I've heard from Amen Dunes, but I'm a fan! The story behind "Believe" is sobering, read Pitchfork's Marc Hogan's review below if you're interested.
"When Damon McMahon began recording his next album as Amen Dunes, Freedom, his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The previous two singles, "Miki Dora" and "Blue Rose", drew inspiration from a problematic surfer-outlaw and McMahon’s own father, respectively. “Believe,” according to a press release, reckons with his mother’s impending mortality. The results—a master class in slow-building, raspily sung astral-folk—are worthy of their weighty subject, as spiritually cleansing as they are emotionally devastating."
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- LM
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