Peak with Purple Mountains

Inscrutable Silver Jews songsmith . . .

2SER Static host Berko speaks to inscrutable Silver Jews songsmith David Berman about the self-titled album under his new nom de plume, the poetic Purple Mountains.

He discusses the reasons for his enforced absence from music of ten years – including issues with his father and the Australian iteration of the ATP Festival – plus reveals his love for The Avalanches, Woods (who he made the new record with), and the great American songbook.

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