{"title":"Silver Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003eGuarding conceptual art at New York's Whitney Museum gave David Berman an idea: release something that looked like a proper record, \"song titles and everything\", but fill it with discordant tapes made at home in Hoboken with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, before those two formed Pavement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat conceit became Silver Jews, a ramshackle mix of lo-fi indie rock, noise and country carried by Berman's wry, profound lyrics. He was the only constant, from \u003cem\u003eStarlite Walker\u003c\/em\u003e (1994) through \u003cem\u003eAmerican Water\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) and \u003cem\u003eBright Flight\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), with Cassie Berman joining for the final albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years he avoided playing live, finally touring after \u003cem\u003eTanglewood Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). In 2009 he retired the band with a show 333 feet underground in a Tennessee cavern, explaining, \"I always said we would stop before we got bad.\" He returned with Purple Mountains in July 2019 but died the following month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Silver Jews you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pavement-vinyl\"\u003ePavement\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bill-callahan-vinyl\"\u003eBill Callahan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/elliott-smith-vinyl\"\u003eElliott Smith\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/daniel-johnston-vinyl\"\u003eDaniel Johnston\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/leonard-cohen-vinyl\"\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lou-reed-vinyl\"\u003eLou Reed\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/velvet-underground-vinyl\"\u003eThe Velvet Underground\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/neil-young-vinyl\"\u003eNeil Young\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bob-dylan-vinyl\"\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/dinosaur-jr-vinyl\"\u003eDinosaur Jr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"silver-jews-american-water-vinyl-lp-1998-indie-alt-rock","title":"SILVER JEWS 'Starlite Walker' Vinyl LP (1994 Indie\/Alt. Rock)","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eDavid Berman's debut full album with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich of Pavement was cut in Memphis at Easley Recordings. 'Trains Across the Sea', the first song Berman ever wrote, sets his wry, sad poetry to loose, shambling country rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\/Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Labels V2","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68243685900509,"sku":"GM06936","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_5176.jpg?v=1792556913"},{"product_id":"silver-jews-american-water-vinyl-lp-1998-indie-alt-rock-1","title":"SILVER JEWS 'American Water' Vinyl LP (1998 Indie\/Alt. Rock)","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1998\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eStephen Malkmus rejoined David Berman for this, singing co-lead on 'Federal Dust' and 'Blue Arrangements', with Nicolas Vernhes producing in Brooklyn. 'Random Rules' and 'Smith \u0026amp; Jones Forever' pair Berman's deadpan, heartbroken one-liners with warm, rolling guitar pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\/Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68253680206045,"sku":"GM06934","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_5182.jpg?v=1792633679"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/silver-jews-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}