Purple Mountains

For similar names, see Purple Mountain (disambiguation).
Purple Mountains
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active2019
LabelsDrag City
Past membersDavid Berman
Websitewww.dragcity.com/artists/purple-mountains

Purple Mountains was an American indie rock project formed by musician and poet David Berman. The project debuted in May 2019, over a decade after the dissolution of Berman's previous group Silver Jews. An eponymous album was released in July 2019. The album was recorded primarily in Chicago and produced by Jarvis Taveniere and Jeremy Earl of the band Woods.[1]

The project's name is derived from "Purple mountains majesty", a common mondegreen of the lyric "Purple mountain majesties" from "America the Beautiful".[1] Nashville Scene's Sean L. Maloney described it as "striking, heavy and maybe a little foreboding, yet it implies a majesty that is completely missing from the often-self-deprecating Silver Jews".[2] Berman, the only member, died on August 7, 2019.[3]

  1. ^ a b Rutledge, Chris (July 10, 2019). "Purple Mountains: Any Way You Hear It". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Maloney, Sean L. (August 16, 2019). "Exploring the Majesty of Purple Mountains". Nashville Scene. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ "David Berman (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) Dead at 52". Pitchfork.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.