He also separated from his wife of twenty years, Cassie Berman. He eventually came back to the chord progression he had played and it became "I Loved Being My Mother's Son", the first song written for the album. So I do feel better now having completed this project." When his mother died in 2014, Berman was inspired exactly a week later to pick up his guitar and play while he was in her house in Wooster, Ohio. And I felt even worse about myself as time went on and I wasn't doing anything. In an interview with The Washington Post in 2019, Berman said, "I saw no one and did nothing." Berman, who long suffered from treatment-resistant depression, said to Khanna, "There probably were a hundred nights over the last ten years where I was sure I wouldn't make it to the morning. When Silver Jews disbanded, Berman retreated to his house in Nashville, Tennessee and "buried" himself in books. So I decided to walk away from it." Berman also said he felt older musicians stuck around too long, and that he could step away and make room for someone else. I really tried as hard as I could, and I really got the message back that maybe I had peaked. In a podcast interview with Vish Khanna in 2019, Berman said, "In that point, in 2008, a Pitchfork review really meant a lot That really burned me for a long time. He later revealed that he was frustrated with the reception to the final Silver Jews album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008), including a 6.7/10 review from Pitchfork. In January 2009, David Berman disbanded Silver Jews, playing one final show on January 31 in Tennessee. On release, the album received critical acclaim and was featured in numerous year-end lists.īerman performing his final show with Silver Jews in 2009. It was preceded by the singles "All My Happiness Is Gone", "Darkness and Cold", and "Margaritas at the Mall". Berman also made the album in hopes of paying down a six-figure debt he had built up. The album's themes were inspired by the death of Berman's mother, his retirement from music, his struggles with depression, and his strained relationship with his wife. Woods members Jarvis Taveniere and Jeremy Earl produced the album. It was eventually recorded in 2018 with members of the band Woods, in both Chicago and Brooklyn. Created over the course of four years, the album went through numerous failed attempts at writing and recording with different sets of musicians and producers. Purple Mountains was the first new studio album from David Berman since the disbandment of Silver Jews in 2009. It is the final overall album by David Berman before his death on August 7, 2019, nearly four weeks after the album's release. The eponymous album was released on July 12, 2019, by Drag City. Purple Mountains is the only studio album by American indie rock band Purple Mountains.
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