Eleven years after the Silver Jews’ swan song “Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea”, David Berman finally resurfaces as Purple Mountains. And the new record is everything we ever wanted and more, with members of Woods as their backing band and producers adding extra catchiness to Berman’s superior songwriting. It jumps straight to the top of our list of favorite albums of the year.
Plus: new tracks by Divino Niño, B Boys, Tijuana Panthers, Drab Majesty, Kyle Craft, Lower Dens, Gruff Rhys, Jenny Hval, Carnivorous Plant Society, Sandro Perri, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Bad Heaven Limited, Olympia, Jade Jackson, Michaela Anne, Eilen Jewell, Kelsey Waldon, Emma Russack, Erin Durant, Asia, and Joanna Sternberg.
Bolachas Now Playing, 25/2019 (#195):
Purple Mountains – That’s Just the Way That I Feel
Purple Mountains – Storyline Fever
Divino Niño – Melty Caramelo
B Boys – Instant Pace
Tijuana Panthers – Path of Totality
Drab Majesty – The Other Side
Kyle Craft – Blackhole/Joyride
Lower Dens – I Drive
Gruff Rhys – Pang!
Jenny Hval – Ashes to Ashes
Carnivorous Plant Society – It Followed Them (feat. Tiny Ruins)
Sandro Perri – Time (You Got Me)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – Joy
Bad Heaven Ltd. – Bed
Olympia – Two Hands
Jade Jackson – Bottle It Up
Michaela Anne – Child of the Wind
Eilen Jewell – 79 Cents (The Meow Song)
Kelsey Waldon – Anyhow
Emma Russack – Floating Seeds
Erin Durant – Highway Blue
Asia – Talk It Out
Joanna Sternberg – This Is Not Who I Want to Be