Silver Jews

David Berman’s spoken word music aesthetic is not an easy pill to swallow. He’s one of those artists where you’ll find people either hate him or love him. I was turned on to his music by his association w/Stephen Malkmus. It was brought to my attention that Malkmus only shows up on every other album, so we’ll have to wait till the next Silver Jews release. The new album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, will be released June 17th via Drag City. If you’ve ever read any of David Berman’s books, add a guitar, and some vocals and you have yourself some Silver Jews. The addition of Berman’s wife Cassie on vocal duties is genius!

Aloyisius, Bluegrass Drummer [mp3]