03/13/2026
‘Behead’ is the second single off of Dahjyn’s upcoming ‘Peace Medal’ album.
Behead starts appropriately as a greeting, an introduction to a callous life born by cold nylon strings and the industrial slog. At first, Dan’s voice takes center stage inviting an audience to ponder and participate
in the worst systems the world has to offer, before offering a warning, “Don’t listen, don’t let them take
your head.” The bottom drops out, gravity passing through a sinkhole of gemlike arpeggios and
percussive acceleration. The forever distant synth pads serve as a pillow for survival and echoes of
purgatorial wonder in equal measure, positing how at rest the head is and how much of it is already
gone.
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Produced by Dan Ahrendt & Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Performed, recorded and arranged by Dan Ahrendt
Electronics, vocals, programming and guitar by Dan Ahrendt
Additional electronics by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Mixed and mastered by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Artwork, design and illustrations by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Photo of Dahjyn by Eleanor Petry