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The Portable… Vol 3

    ‘The Portable Herman Dune’ Vol. 3 is the final part of Herman Dune’s acoustic anthology, in which 22 years of songwriting are laid bare, stripped to the most intimate bone. Though sonically naked, the songs are bundled up in emotion and loaded with life.

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    The Portable Herman Dune Vol. 2

      The Portable Herman Dune' is an acoustic anthology in three parts, in which 22 years of songwriting are laid bare, stripped to the most intimate bone, an being released at intervals over a series of months. Though sonically naked, the songs are bundled up in emotion and loaded with life. Centre-stage are David Ivar's songs, with his 1954 guitar, his 1930s mandolin, and his voice, plus exceptional guests: Julie Doiron, Mayon (Ivar's life partner), Caitlin Rose, Jolie Holland, and Kimya Dawson providing vocal counterpoint.

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      The Portable Herman Dune

        'The Portable Herman Dune' Vol. 1 is an acoustic anthology, the first of three parts, in which 22 years of songwriting are laid bare, stripped to the most intimate bone, to be released at intervals over the coming months. Though sonically naked, the songs are bundled up in emotion and loaded with life. Centre-stage are David Ivar's songs, with his 1954 guitar, his 1930s mandolin, and his voice, plus exceptional guests: Julie Doiron, Mayon (Ivar's life partner), Caitlin Rose, Jolie Holland, and Kimya Dawson providing vocal counterpoint.

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        Santa Cruz Gold

          ‘Santa Cruz Gold’ is an album of country-tinged indie folk tunes.This is the first physical release for the album which was released digitally in 2018. The album comes after band leader David Ivar had given up on releasing albums through labels and recorded the whole thing by himself. The late David Berman (Silver Jews) was instrumental in giving Ivar the confidence that he’d written a great bunch of songs. Includes guest performances from Jolie Holland and Caitlin Rose.

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          Notes From Vinegar Hill

            "wry, yet heartfelt and admirably understated country-folk songs".

            Quarantined in the sleepy San Pedro neighborhood of Vinegar Hill, on the same harbor-adjacent street where Charles Bukowski, antifolk stalwarts Herman Dune, turned those Covid-induced anxieties inward and emerged from with the new full-length LP Notes From Vinegar Hill. There’s something for everyone on this record - folksy rockers, Bakersfield twang, Big Pink-style Americana, 70s AM Gold, and rough-hewn Cold Turkey guitar stomps. The songs speak of the suffocating claustrophobia of isolation and fear, the anguish of being an immigrant in a country where policies harden by the moment, but also of the beauty of California, the ocean, and a quiet life with three black cats that turned the heart of a Scorpio toward felines 

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            Barry says: Herman Dune perfectly toes the line between gritty folk ballads and full Americana, injecting a wry wittiness and crust groove to the perfectly played anthemic southern rock. A superb melting pot of American influence, and a great listen.

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            They Go The Woods

              Long overdue reissue, Herman Düne are comprised of two Swedish brothers and a man named Omé on the drums. Last year they released "Turn Out The Light", their critically acclaimed debut on the European Prohibited label. Mojo magazine observed, 'Herman Dune's idiosyncratic vistas capture the imagination, recalling the cut-and-paste lyricism of Julian Cope, the deliciously woozy chug of the Velvet Underground and the metronomic repetition of Can.' The band has toured the citrus-deprived, pestilence-ridden land mass of Europe, stopping off for appearances on John Peel's radio show and otherwise making quite a name for themselves abroad. The trio currently resides in Paris, France. The brothers Herman Düne - David-Ivar and André - cite as important influences their family home in Dalarna, Sweden (with its silence, space, and trees), the German writer Franz Jung, and the music of VU, Sebadoh and other usual suspects.


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