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Bright Eyes called in lots of old friends

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not a lake and this time he takes his golden touch into the realm of hip-hop laying down a musical bed for one of the greatest to ever rhyme into a microphone: Black Thought of The Roots crew

Amen Dunes - Freedom BGER745.4 But while much of Russell'sOn every album, Damon McMahon aka Amen Dunes has transformed, and Freedom is the project's boldest leap. The themes are darker than on previous Amen Dunes albums, but it's a darkness sublimated through grooves. The music, as a response or even a solution to the darkness, is tough and joyous, rhythmic and danceable. It's a sound never heard before on an Amen Dunes record, but one that was always asking to emerge. Eleven songs span a range of emotions,