Matt's picks Purple Mountains Purple Mountains SKU: DC680 Barcode: 0781484068013 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Drag City Released Date: 12th July 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Purple Mountains is the new nom-de-rock of David Berman, formerly of Silver Jews (whose classic run was made somehow finite in 2009, when the voice himself, David Berman, announced his retirement from music). ‘Purple Mountains’ is also the name of what will be known as one of his greatest albums – full of double-jointed wit and wisdom, up to the neck in his special recipe of handcrafted country-rock joys and sorrows that sing legendary in cracked and broken hearts. The songs are produced impeccably by Woods’ Jarvis Taveniere and Jeremy Earle, buffed up like a hardwood floor ready to be well-trod upon for an evening of romance and dance. The songs of Purple Mountains are a potent brew, stitched together from lifetimes, knitting the drift of the years with the tightest lyric construction Berman’s ever attempted. Honesty is archly in the air but lines of incredible bleakness somehow give way to playful distraction and the hiding of surprises for close listeners. Even still, as the songwriter once wrote, “every single thought is like a punch in the face.” It won’t take long after slapping the record on the platter for you to hear that this is one of those albums. There are breakup records. There are apocalypse records. Then there’s ‘Purple Mountains’. Berman’s songwriter’s bone’s never been laid more bare – if redemption doesn’t come on the lyric sheet, the act of putting these songs into singing, dancing form allows them their finest end – to provide infotainment for others, embodying moments of life and truth via music that elevates with disarming warmth and a reassuring commonality, even as David himself stands outside the communal campfires. Artist Purple Mountains Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Drag City Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 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 Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Chuck Cleaver Send Aid Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Shake It Records | 1LP Released 26th July 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chuck Cleaver Send Aid £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Shake It Records SKU: 659696498211PMI Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rancid Tomorrow Never Comes Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd June 2023 £22.00 - £25.00 Select options Rancid Tomorrow Never Comes £22.00 - £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Gaslight Anthem, The The 59 Sound Sessions (Deluxe) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Side One Dummy | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 15th June 2018 £37.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gaslight Anthem, The The 59 Sound Sessions (Deluxe) £37.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Side One Dummy SKU: SD17141 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn Gift Of Sacrifice Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ipecac | 1LP Released 14th August 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn Gift Of Sacrifice £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ipecac SKU: IPC223LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pooh Sticks, The Straight Up : Noise Pollution C88-90 Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Optic Nerve | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th May 2023 £24.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Pooh Sticks, The Straight Up : Noise Pollution C88-90 £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Optic Nerve SKU: OPT4055 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th May 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Ex, The Pokkeherrie Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | The Ex | 1LP Released 15th April 2022 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ex, The Pokkeherrie £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: The Ex SKU: EX024 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beach Fossils Somersault Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bayonet | 1LP Released 2nd June 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beach Fossils Somersault £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bayonet SKU: 0859575005305 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blinders, The Columbia Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Modern Sky Entertainment | 1LP Released 21st September 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blinders, The Columbia £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Sky Entertainment SKU: 190296954634 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View New Year, The Snow Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Grand Hotel Van Cleef | 1LP, Includes CD Released 9th June 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders New Year, The Snow £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Grand Hotel Van Cleef SKU: GHVC113LP Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 9th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Julia Jacklin Don’t Let The Kids Win Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Polyvinyl | 1LP Released 31st January 2024 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Julia Jacklin Don’t Let The Kids Win £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Polyvinyl SKU: nn280055 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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