We were big fans of Amen Dunes sparse and thrillingly malevolent Murder Dull Mind EP, which came out last year and was a follow up to his debut album DIA.

His second album will be released in August and is titled Through Donkey Jaw via Sacred Bones (rapidly becoming our favourite label of the moment). This is a first taste with track Lower Mind and it is, to our mind, probably the best thing we’ve heard from him to date. A perfect blend of dark-hearted psych-folk over a repetitive almost drone-like rhythm – it calls to mind another MM fave in Wooden Wand.

It is an album that has jumped to the top of our “must have” list. You can pre-order it from Amazon here.

Download Amen Dunes – Lower Mind mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw)

and if you want to compare

Download Amen Dunes – Murder Dull Mind mp3 (from Murder Dull Mind EP)

Download Amen Dunes – By The Bridal mp3 (from Dia)

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