David Berman’s first new music in over a decade is a marvelous collection of heartbreak, grief, and bitterness. His careful writing has never sounded so exacting or direct.
One ballad, “Nights That Won’t Happen,” can be heard as a pros-and-cons list of just being alive.
Posted from: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/purple-mountains-purple-mountains/
“[Purple Mountains] founder David Berman passed in 2019. I know we need to understand when people need to go from this world that they just need to go but… Even saying this I’m getting choked up. I really felt the loss of David Berman. I have this song on vinyl. I listen to the record but when it comes to this one I have to give it a pass. It’s not because there’s anything wrong with the song. It’s just too on the nose. It’s too much.”
Posted from: https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/metric-emily-haines-soundtrack-of-my-life-3391903