[ Drag City / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 12 July 2019
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Ten years have come and gone since Silver Jews, whose classic run was made somehow finite in 2009, when the voice himself, David Berman, announced his retirement from music.
The Purple Mountains train rolls on through its desolate American landscape, equal parts joy and resignation. The voice, former Silver Jew David Berman, is returned from the hinterland, ten years after turning off the tap to his string of indie-jukebox classics - and his findings, he warns us, are candid.
Not only is his heart heavy with trepidation, but the world around him seems to be lacking. The only respite for our singer is to bury himself in the garish surroundings that make up our misbegotten disunited states.
That's Just the Way That I Feel
All My Happiness is Gone
Darkness and Cold
Snow is Falling in Manhattan
Margaritas at the Mall
She's Making Friends, I'm Turning Stranger
I Loved Being My Mother's Son
Nights That Won't Happen
Storyline Fever
Maybe I'm the Only One for Me