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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for Damon McMahon features contributions from Delicate Steve, Parker Kindred, Gus Seyffert , Jordi Wheeler, Nick Zinner and was produced by Chris Coady.
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- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
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Positive: 15 out of 17
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Mixed: 2 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Mar 29, 2018Really, this is a piece of work to dive into and consume whole.
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Mar 29, 2018McMahon’s most transcendent statement yet. ... Freedom rings as both immediate and timeless, intensely personal and easily understood. ... Freedom exalts in subtlety. It offers powerfully economical songwriting.
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Apr 2, 2018McMahon's most deeply personal work to date.
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MojoMar 29, 2018Dracula simmers like The War On Drugs, and Calling Paul The Suffering has Latino touches, while Blue Rose dresses Greenwich Village rock in Fleetwood Mac silk. [May 2018, p.96]
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Apr 5, 2018An enormous leap forward, Freedom finds Amen Dunes grappling with his abilities, with the passing of the time; a superb record, it’s one that deserves the widest possible audience.
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Mar 30, 2018It all makes Freedom McMahon's richest album yet, as well as his most accessible--as the sound and scope of his music grows, so does its humanity.
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Apr 2, 2018McMahon follows up Love with Freedom, tackling troubled masculinity through a series of character studies and a mesmerising, still psych-indebted sound that has fleshed out even further.
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Dec 1, 2018Favorite Album of the Year. Please take the journey through the whole album.
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