Alex Amen’s life reads like a beat novel rewritten for a new Americana age. Texas born, Alex left home at 18 and drifted through a Southern California commune. Sun Of Amen feels like the record where everything Alex has lived through – finally comes pouring into the songs. Like, it’s really hard to make a soul record sound like a Motown record. “It’s hard to put the finger on exactly that California sound is, but it definitely exists.