Amethyst Journey

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Amethyst Journey
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Studio album by
Alaska and Jeremy
ReleasedAugust 17, 2018 (2018-08-17)
Genre Folk
Label Producer Entertainment Group
Alaska Thunderfuck chronology
Poundcake
(2016)
Amethyst Journey
(2018)
Vagina
(2019)

Amethyst Journey is the debut studio album by Alaska and Jeremy, a musical duo featuring Alaska Thunderfuck and Jeremy Mikush, released by Producer Entertainment Group on August 17, 2018. [1]

Contents

Promotion

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Alaska Thunderfuck, 2017

The album's lead single, "Aliens", was also released on August 17, 2018. [2] [3] The song's music video features Alaska in a field surrounded by cows, and the duo putting an alien into drag. [4] [5]

Reception

The album has been described as "genderqueer hippie" [6] and "folk music-based lullaby written for the people of earth". [7] The Villager 's Victor O. described the album as "a fresh, contemplative, and emotionally intelligent work that represents a change of tone in the dynamic duo's ever-evolving artistic voice", [8] and Them. called Amethyst Journey "mellow". [9]

Track listing

  1. "Aliens" – 3:59
  2. "Truth in the Light" – 3:21
  3. "So Far Gone" – 5:01
  4. "The Wind" – 1:12
  5. "Son of a Mother" – 3:31
  6. "The End of the World" – 2:54
  7. "Ascension" – 3:20
  8. "At the End of the Day" – 1:37

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