RIP David Berman.

[nestor]

Absolutely heartbroken. It was so wonderful hearing him back - reading interviews and listening to him on podcasts etc as well as the brilliant album.

Love this post. Summed it up for me:

Purple Mountains (David Berman)

Can’t stop listening to this. So grateful for its existence. Certainly my favourite album of the year - and maybe the thing I’ve most connected with in a long while. Just so well written, so well sequenced etc. Yep - not an ounce of musical innovation but it truly does feel like a decade of energy, passion, enthusiasm, lyricism, etc to me. Sometimes albums from artists every few years can feel like checking in with old friends. This feels like a life story from a fascinating new acquaintance.