Amen Dunes

Damon McMahon’s first album as Amen Dunes, a druggy and claustrophobic collection originally meant for McMahon’s ears only, was recorded in a cabin after which it was promptly shelved. He then moved to Beijing for a few years and basically stopped making music. In 2009 those early recordings were finally released. Inspired by the positive reception of those recordings, McMahon returned to the US to form a band. The full-length album that followed, Through Donkey Jaw, built further on the ideas that were already present on his debut, fleshing them out into beautiful, benumbing lo-fi pop songs. His latest LP, Spoiler, contains experiments he recorded over the past few years. Spoiler alert: expect it to fall squarely into the abstract and leftfield camps. Also on stage tonight: our favourite Belgian bluesman Ignatz, who will open the evening with a solo set of his decaying ballads.