David Berman (Musician)

David Berman (musician)
David Cloud Berman (born David Craig Berman;

David Berman
January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019) was an American
musician, singer and poet. In 1989, with Pavement's
Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, he founded
the indie rock band Silver Jews, and was its only
constant member until its dissolution in 2009.
He provided Silver Jews' characteristic lyrics and, with

Malkmus, the simple country-rock sound they
developed from their early lo-fi recordings. His
abstract, autobiographical lyrics were his creative
priority, and he extensively labored over them. Despite
believing his work was unappreciated, Berman
Berman performing at All Tomorrow's Parties in
cultivated a passionate following and became a cult
2008
figure in indie rock.
Born David Craig Berman
Actual Air, Berman's only published volume of poetry, January 4, 1967
appeared in 1999. By that time, he had begun to use Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.
heroin and crack cocaine. Eventually, his struggle with
Died August 7, 2019 (aged 52)
substance abuse, depression and anxiety overcame his
career decisions, and he attempted suicide in 2003. New York City, U.S.
Afterward, he underwent rehabilitation, engaged with Alma mater University of Virginia
Judaism, and—alongside his wife, Cassie Berman—
University of Massachusetts
toured for the first time. In 2009, he announced his
withdrawal from music. Amherst
Occupation Musician · singer ·
Although his music and poetry were relatively cartoonist · poet
successful, his life was marred by financial difficulties
that, along with marriage breakdown, resulted in his Years active 1989–2009, 2019
return to music in 2019. He adopted the band name Spouse(s) Cassie Berman
Purple Mountains, releasing an eponymous debut (m. 1999; sep. 2018)
album that July, and planned a tour to pay off a Parent(s) Richard Berman (father)
$100,000 credit card debt. He died by suicide in
August 2019. Musical career
Origin Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres Indie rock · country-rock
Contents Instruments Vocals · guitar
Biography Labels Drag City
Early life Associated acts Silver Jews · Purple
Origin of Silver Jews: 1989–1994 Mountains · Pavement ·
Critical acclaim and substance abuse: Ectoslavia
1996–2001
Attempted suicide, rehabilitation and career Signature
progression: 2003–2008
Hiatus from music: 2009–2017
Purple Mountains and death: 2018–2019
Artistry
Lyrics
Sound
Poetry
Public image and self-perception
Posthumous tributes
Discography
Other credits
Bibliography
Notes
References
Sources
Biography
Early life
David Craig Berman was born on January 4, 1967, in

Williamsburg, Virginia.[1] At that time, his father Richard Berman
worked as an attorney practicing labor law for the United States
Chamber of Commerce, while his mother was a housewife.[2]
David came from a secular Jewish family, whom he said had no
literary or artistic inclinations. Raised mostly in Texas, he did not
personally know or interact with many other Jews.[3] He later said
he had identified with Jews because he "felt like an outsider" in his
youth.[4] For most of his life Berman identified as "ethnically
Jewish" but not religious.[5] His mother had undergone conversion
to Judaism without the supervision of an Orthodox rabbi, and for
that reason neither she nor he would be considered Jews under
certain criteria.[6]
Berman's parents divorced when he was seven. Thereafter, he split

time between each parent's household until he entered college.[7] Berman as a high-school senior,
circa 1984–85
His father relocated to Dallas for a position as a lobbyist on behalf
of foodservice businesses, while his mother moved back in with her
parents in Wooster, Ohio, and became a teacher there.[2] He later
described his childhood as "grindingly painful" and said he kept "mostly independent of family things" into
his adulthood.[8] While he was an adolescent, his father rose to prominence as a corporate lobbyist
representing firearms, alcohol, and other industries.[9] Berman came to dislike his father at an early age.[10]
He was compelled to live with his father after 1979, despite his wishes to the contrary, because of concern
he was "growing up to be a wimp".[11]
He attended high school at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas.[12] During his teenage years, his father
sent him to see a psychiatrist.[13] Berman suffered from depression throughout his life and later said the
condition had become resistant to treatment.[2] By the age of 15, he said he began taking "every drug in
every way", and claimed to have smoked PCP on a daily basis during his second year of college.[11]
For Berman, the burgeoning new wave scene in Dallas served as an early source of musical inspiration.[2]
He took an interest in a friend's rare Fairlight keyboard, and in the music of bands like Art of Noise, Prefab
Sprout, X, the Replacements, the Cure, New Order, and Echo and the Bunnymen.[14] In high school, he
began experimenting with poetry by writing to girlfriends, considering the line "A cartoon lake. Wolf on
skates" to be his first true foray into poetry.[15] Berman hoped that his poetry would resemble the lyrics of
punk singers Jello Biafra and Exene Cervenka.[16] He read Henry Miller's The Rosy Crucifixion when he
was 14: "It gave me permission to enjoy life".[17] Reading significantly in his life, Berman said, reinforced
his empathy, especially for those also troubled; he cited William Faulkner as an influence of his.[18]
Berman went to the University of Virginia in 1985.[12] He had been—by his own admission—"too lazy" to
apply for college, so his father's secretary completed and submitted applications on his behalf.[11] At
university, Berman met fellow students Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, and James McNew.[1] He
frequently attended concerts, shared records, and discussed obscure bands with Malkmus and Nastanovich,
having first encountered the former in a carpool to a show.[19] The quartet formed the band Ectoslavia.[20]
He graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in English literature.[21]
Origin of Silver Jews: 1989–1994
Upon graduation, Berman, Malkmus, and Nastanovich moved to

Hoboken, New Jersey, where they shared an apartment.[22] In
1989, they adopted the band name Silver Jews and recorded
discordant tapes in their living room – that same year, Malkmus's
band Pavement released their debut extended play (EP), Slay
Tracks: 1933–1969.[23] The Whitney Museum of American Art –
where Malkmus and Berman worked as security guards – and its
contents (such as the art of Bruce Nauman, Jean-Michel Basquiat,
Sherri Levine and Louise Lawler) was an influence to Berman.[24]
He wrote lyrics and poems while working shifts at the museum,
occasionally in collaboration with Malkmus, who along with
Berman would "get high" at Central Park on their lunch breaks.[25]
According to Berman's longtime friend Kevin Guthrie, Malkmus Stephen Malkmus, Berman's
and Berman had a harmonious friendship, and Nastanovich revered frequent collaborator, and occasional
both artists' creativity. [26] "It was mostly drinking beer and seeing co-songwriter.
grunge bands" Malkmus said regarding this time period; Berman
recalled that while living there he did not feel authentically
Jewish.[27] Malkmus recalled that Berman appeared as a somewhat "scary goth" but was kind and
enthusiastic.[28]
Though Berman sometimes felt irritated by a common view that Silver Jews were merely a side project to
Pavement, the connection led to his signing with indie label Drag City, which would later release all of his
albums. The band's relation to Pavement was responsible for them amassing a "national audience", a notice
great enough that the resulting sales meant Berman did not have to tour.[29] The band's first extended-plays
(EPs) Dime Map of the Reef and The Arizona Record were not commercially successful but gained them
attention.[1] Kim Gordon was an admirer and Will Oldham said Dime Map of the Reef inspired him to send
recordings to Drag City.[30]
Following the EPs, Berman began studying for a master's degree in poetry at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst.[31] Dubbing this time an "academic exile", Matthew Shaer, in a 2006 Boston
Globe article, speculated that Berman's extended time studying may have been an attempt to distance
himself from Pavement.[32] Three years earlier, Berman reflected upon his time there: after "meet[ing]
grown dignified men who play with fucking words all day" he felt he was bestowed "the permission to
believe that I could try for that life".[17] He held reservations about a supposed imperative nature towards
art, which he believed to be connate to university.[33] He tried to get a substantial amount of poems
published in the American Poetry Review but was roundly rejected; which increased his interest in music,
"despite scarcely knowing how to sing or play guitar".[21] As of 2005, Berman's public appearances mostly
consisted of poetry readings.[34][a]
By October 1994, Silver Jews had enough material for their debut album Starlite Walker.[36] The release
established respect in the indie rock scene, although with some detractors.[37] Malkmus and Nastanovich's
involvement with Pavement meant they were unavailable for the next Silver Jews album The Natural
Bridge, and only Berman and Peyton Pinkerton continued writing for it.[38] Pavement's success proved
difficult for Berman, who became suspicious of fame and resented the people with whom he interacted,
deeming them "cruel".[34] He felt somewhat abandoned by Malkmus and Nastanovich, although he
understood the circumstances permitted little else.[39] Berman's personal life was affected by the deaths of
friends, which would influence his songwriting.[40] A close friendship between Oldham and Berman arose
at this time and the two conceptualized a collaborative project, entitled Silver Palace.[33]
Silver Jews was part of a "moment in underground music" of songwriters who looked to the 1970s and
1980s for inspiration, and were one of Drag City's seminal groups alongside Smog, Pavement, Royal Trux,
and Palace, bands that "made American music frightening again by tapping into its most tangled roots".[41]
Berman wished to "distinguish his brand of songwriting from the depressive-narcissistic strain of 1990s
rock" and later sought to break away from Drag City's "cryptic and prankish" style.[42] The line-up of
Silver Jews constantly changed around Berman, who remained its principal songwriter and "main creative
driver", has led the band's creative direction since the start.[43] "Malkmus and Nastanovich [were] there to
serve his ideas more than offer their own," said Ian Gormely of Exclaim!.[44]
Critical acclaim and substance abuse: 1996–2001
The composition of The Natural Bridge (1996) left Berman

distraught; he appeared to be "haunted by ghosts" and was
hospitalized with sleep deprivation.[45] "When the songs were
being recorded, things got darker in my life", he recollected, also
noting that "recording was a process of calming myself down"—
although doing so was so "searing that I couldn't listen to
music".[46] According to Oldham, the album's producer Mark
Nevers "had sort of held Berman's hand".[47] Although it received
Berman in 1995
positive reviews in music publications—Berman having now
"established himself as a world-class rock lyricist"—he chose not to
tour due to a fear of performing.[48] During this time, Berman
thought of touring as too significant a commitment and considered the stress to be intolerable.[49] Playing
live appeared to him as "like some unnecessary post-invention marketing effort" and had not elicited much
"satisfaction" when he had done so.[50] After The Natural Bridge, Berman decided he wanted Malkmus
and Nastanovich, both of whom felt betrayed by Berman's hostility toward them, to be involved with all
subsequent Silver Jews albums. [51]
The pain that Berman felt around The Natural Bridge helped him to formulate a new Silver Jews album
with Malkmus, American Water.[45] It was significant to Berman and the band's progression.[52] They had
now "stepped out of Pavement's shadow ... This was clearly his project and represented his vision", his
songwriting has been at the foreground of the former album.[53] Berman's drug use continued, and he was
using them during studio sessions. Despite his personal turmoil, Berman wanted the album to be joyous like
"other people['s] records" rather than grim. The band intended to tour in late 1998 but plans were ended
after a fistfight led to his eardrum rupturing.[45]
Actual Air, Berman's first collection of poetry, was released in 1999 by Open City Books, which had been
founded to publish the collection.[54] Actual Air amassed critical acclaim—Carl Wilson called it "even
better than [Berman's] albums".[55] The book's unusually high sales of over 20,000 copies bolstered
Berman's musical career.[56] Its marketing was akin to that of an album, which contributed to its success;
Drag City and record stores were the avenues from which a "significant portion of those sales" arose.[57] In
2001, he was offered a job as poet-in-residence on a postgraduate course. The prospect thrilled Berman;
however, he chose not to apply out of apprehension.[58] Four years later, when asked in an interview if he
would accept a lecturing role at university, he expressed uncertainty on genuinely taking an offer: "I should
stay away from the rock clubs and the English departments if I can."[33]
Although he did publish some poems afterward—his poetry is featured in journals such as The Baffler,
Open City and The Believer—and had reported working on a follow-up, Actual Air remained his only book
of poetry.[59] In his later years, Berman stopped writing poetry because of diminished motivation and a
feeling of partial inadequacy in comparison to younger poets; another collection failed to materialize due to
a lack of purpose and innovation.[60] By 2003, his perception of songwriting and poetry as unified was no
more, and felt that older age rendered him less capable of working in both mediums.[17] "Poetry can never
counter-propaganda. A song might be able to."[61]
Around this time, Berman, who no longer "[had] to work", estimated he made $23,000 a year; by 2001, he
earned $45,000 from his music.[62] That year saw the release of the Silver Jews album Bright Flight, which
featured his wife Cassie Berman. Their relationship started two years earlier at a party; Berman awoke in
Cassie's house and learned she owned every Silver Jews album.[63] "I was really depressed and had
nothing to lose at that time. I was so ugly".[64] Cassie was a source of relief for Berman and she helped him
feel young, Berman later considering their relationship the "best thing that ever happened to me".[65] They
lived together in Nashville for 19 years, where they moved to aid Berman's music career; later buying a
house there alleviated quandaries for Berman; it was a relief to Berman to live in a city where he felt
pursuing a career in music was well accepted.[66]
Berman began to take hard drugs in 1998, during a period of depression.[67] He began to take heroin,
methamphetamine and crack cocaine, with his use of the latter reaching the point of addiction.[68] Several
of Berman's friends died in the years that followed, including Robert Bingham, the founder and editor of
Open City,[54] who died in 1999 after a heroin overdose.[69] Berman twice unintentionally overdosed; one
incident followed the release party for Bright Flight.[70] That album's darker sound reflected his struggles
with substance abuse.[71]
Attempted suicide, rehabilitation and career progression: 2003–2008
On November 19, 2003, Berman attempted suicide in Nashville by consuming crack cocaine, alcohol and
tranquilizers.[1] He wrote a short note to Cassie—the brevity of which Berman would later regret—put on
his wedding suit, and went to a "crack house" he frequented. When discovered by Cassie, he verbally
lashed out and refused treatment. He was eventually taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
awakening three days later.[34]
Around a year later, Berman checked in for drug rehabilitation,
which was paid for by his father, and encouraged by his mother
and Cassie. Berman said he had relapsed but that by August 2005
he was not using drugs.[72] During his rehabilitation, Berman
embraced Judaism, choosing to study the Torah and sought to be a
"better person" who was "easier" to Cassie and staff at Drag City;
he would soon consider Judaism as an integral aspect of his life,
which he intended to continuously labor over.[73] Reading the
Torah helped him learn more about poetry; David, described in the
Hebrew Bible as a king of the United Monarchy of Israel and Berman performing with Silver Jews
Judah, was also an influence of Berman's.[74] at Webster Hall in 2006
Reflecting upon his suicide attempt, five years later, Berman noted
that he was not unprivileged and without career opportunities, although this was not evident to him at the
time.[75] He began to excessively take antidepressants, and his sobriety made him more receptive to
candidness.[76] In 2005, and by means of "saving [himself]", Silver Jews, with a lineup including Cassie,
Malkmus, Nastanovich, Bobby Bare Jr., Paz Lenchantin, and William Tyler, released Tanglewood
Numbers.[77] Soon after, the band began to tour, with 100 shows from 2006 to 2009 taking place; to cope
with the hectic nature, he became "a daily pot smoker".[78] Before Berman toured, he occasionally made
caricatures of fans, considering them more rewarding.[58]
By this time, Silver Jews had sold 250,000 records.[54] Berman and Cassie still experienced financial
difficulties; Cassie worked an office job and Berman struggled to get medical insurance for the removal of a
keratoconus, eventually acquiring it from the Country Music Association.[79] In 2005, Jeremy Blake
enlisted Berman for Sodium Fox, a conceptual artwork centered around Berman.[80] Blake's suicide and
Berman's eye operation would affect the next Silver Jews album—before the operation Berman reported
feeling "less aggressive and less tenacious".[81] Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea was released in 2008 to
lukewarm reviews.[82] The album was their most commercially successful.[83]
Berman's decision to tour, no longer dependent on drugs, was based upon his greater age, his expanded
discography, and a desire to interact with his audience, which resultingly "softened his naturally gruff
exterior". Berman found touring with Cassie eased the experience, of which he had mixed feelings. He
considered her a necessary component, and noted that if he was alone he would likely act to his
detriment.[84]
Hiatus from music: 2009–2017
On January 22, 2009, Berman disbanded Silver Jews, and their final show was played the following week
at Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, Tennessee. "I always said we would stop before we got bad", and
during the performance at Cumberland Caverns, claimed that "I always wanted to go out on top, but I
much prefer this".[85] According to Nashville Scene's Sean L. Maloney, due to Silver Jews' impact on
Nashville's mid-2000s music scene, the final show meant "a chapter in this city's artistic evolution
closed".[86]
Alongside the news of the band's dissolution, Berman publicly announced, for the first time, that his father
was the lobbyist Richard Berman, who he viewed as markedly loathsome and from whom he had been
estranged since 2006.[87] Berman reported owing Richard money, and once donated to a supposed
investigation of Richard, initiated by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington, who called upon the Internal Revenue Service's intervention.[88] Upon considering the
commercialization of modern musicians, he began to see his and Richard's lives intertwining; Berman's
guilt about his father and said consideration were the reasons he retired Silver Jews, saying:
This winter I decided that [Silver Jews] were too small of a force
to ever come close to undoing a millionth of all the harm he has
caused … Previously I thought through songs and poems and
drawings I could find and build a refuge away from his world, but
there is the matter of Justice. And I'll tell you it's not just a
metaphor. The desire for it actually burns. It hurts. There needs to
be something more.[89]
After Silver Jews disbanded, Berman became a recluse.[1] The "hermit,

solitary aspect to the way [Berman] live[d]" predated this time, according to a
2008 interview—and Nastanovich reflected two years earlier that Berman had
"gotten more reclusive".[90] In 2005, posed with the question of whether he Berman at the final
had chosen between vulgarity or loneliness, Berman said "it's been loneliness Silver Jews show on
up till now but it looks like things are changing for the better/worse".[33] His January 31, 2009
public perception became intertwined with fiction—significant speculation
upon the events of his suicide attempt had reportedly occurred before this
time.[91]
Berman published a 2009 book of surreal, minimalist cartoons called The Portable February to mixed
reviews.[92] He would later work with German artist Friedrich Kunath on the book You Owe Me a Feeling
(2012), which features paintings and poetry by Kunath and Berman, respectively.[93] Cassie sought a
career in pediatric therapy.[94] In 2010, he spoke about his difficulties with writing a book about his father
—seeking to become his "nemesis"; HBO nearly adapted the book, but Berman canceled production,
saying he did not want to glamorize his father.[95] In an article about Berman, Derek Robertson said that a
significant amount of his personal life was an "explicit rebuke" to Richard and an attempt to evade
institutional power—Thomas Beller interpreted Berman's disdain as both political and personal.[96]
By 2016, Berman had experienced the deaths of both his friend Dave Cloud and his mother, which
compelled him to adopt the middle name Cloud and write the song "I Loved Being My Mother's Son",
respectively.[97] He was still in contact with Malkmus and maintained a close relationship with Silver Jews
drummer Brian Kotzur.[98] According to Nastanovich, at one point Berman intended to write new Silver
Jews songs; he ultimately became more interested in a new style.[99] As noted by Jewish Currents' Nathan
Goldman, Berman soon "inaugurated...a different artistic phase with a series of songs about the
disappointments of expectations unfulfilled", contrasting the "odes to the open field of possibility" that
closely proceeded the Silver Jews' conclusion.[100]
Purple Mountains and death: 2018–2019
In 2018, Berman and Cassie separated. Lacking money and living off royalties from Drag City, from June
he lived in a room above the label's Chicago office.[20] According to Berman, they "never had the kind of
conflict that results in divorce" but had a "kind of need to live [their] lives without the other one".[101]
Berman thought his chronic depression meant he was "unfit to be anyone's husband".[102] He and Cassie
maintained a shared bank account and owned a house together, while he considered her an integral part of
his family.[101] He briefly lived in Miller Beach and Gary, Indiana.[20] At one point, he asked a friend to
give him heroin but was refused, for which he was ultimately grateful, having not used heroin or cocaine
since October 2003.[103]
He had grown disillusioned with Judaism, saying his belief in God lasted from 2004 to 2010; in 2008 he
voiced a disconnect from Judaism, positioning himself as adjacent to Jews.[104] In his withdrawal, he "
[fixed] himself in Jewish tradition", said Goldman and Arielle Angel of Jewish Currents, viewing Berman
as archetypal of Jews.[105] His once-passion for Judaism made him eager to tour Israel; there he met
Yonatan Gat and helped get him signed to Drag City—"[The] shows we played in Israel were pretty much
the most amazing experience of my life".[106] In 2018, Berman co-produced Gat's album
Universalists.[107] By that year, Berman had conceptualized a more conspicuous return to music: a new
moniker, entitled Purple Mountains.[108]
Following the release of two singles under his new moniker, an eponymous debut album was released in
July 2019.[109] An "instantly mythologized" album, Berman received heightened attention and very
positive reviews: "Purple Mountains looked like the start to an unexpected second act for David
Berman".[110] Berman worked on Purple Mountains with Woods and Berman's friend Dan Auerbach,
with whom he had worked in 2015; Auerbach called Berman "one of [his] heroes".[111]
Berman's financial difficulties, the breakdown of his marriage, and encouragement from Drag City's
president Dan Koretzky were impetuses for Berman's new music.[112] Berman hoped to resolve the
$100,000 of loan and credit card debt he had amassed as a result of his drug use; in a 2005 interview, he
said: "I've got a credit card rotisserie system that would dazzle the ancients".[113] He stated this was the
only reason he intended to tour.[2] Berman discussed the idea of a collaborative tour with Bill Callahan and
Oldham, which ultimately did not occur.[114] He expressed worries about the tour and notified the
accompanying band that his depression may interfere but was excited for his "solitude to end".[115]
In June 2019, Berman said: "There were probably 100 nights over the last 10 years where I was sure I
wouldn't make it to the morning".[101] Berman died on August 7, 2019, having hanged himself in an
apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.[116] It is unclear whether Berman's suicide was
spontaneous or deliberated upon; according to The Philadelphia Inquirer's Dan DeLuca: "The warning
signs were all over Purple Mountains".[117] A private funeral attended by "Friends and family, along with
the Jewish community" took place on August 16—a memorial, by filmmaker Lance Bangs, at New York's
Met Breuer Museum, the former location of the Whitney, was held earlier.[118]
Artistry
Lyrics
Having given up on albums because he was unable to complete the lyrics, Berman spent most of his
creative time working on the lyrics, to the point of obsession; Koretzky reportedly saw Berman spend
months working on a single line.[123] Berman's process involved considering his audience's understanding;
he juxtaposed his abstract lyrics with simple melodies and rhyme schemes.[124] He recalled a disconnect to
his audience—"an indie rock crowd"—while writing Bright Flight due to the dysfunctional lives of his
associates. Berman deemed all of this a "major problem".[125] He had a didactic approach with
Tanglewood Numbers and Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, wanting to give "instructions" on forgoing
depression with the former.[126] Mark Richardson, writing for Pitchfork, and Randall Roberts of the Los
Angeles Times, noted Berman's proficiency for minimalist compression.[127]
Berman's songs often use country music tropes and his themes tend to focus on music, nature, beauty,
disconnection, drugs, sports, America and god.[128] An influence on his writing, Berman thought highly of
America although hoped for a "redemption".[129] His artistic perception of America has been noted as
idiosyncratic, narrow and poignant,[130] while forlornness often arose as humor.[131] Religion is a recurring
element in Silver Jews albums, while Purple Mountains evokes Jewish mysticism.[132]
From Bright Flight his lyrics became more autobiographical, in a dramatic framework, and he came to view
the preceding works as "make-believe"; on Tanglewood Numbers he documented his struggle with
substance abuse.[133] Roberts called Purple Mountains "nearly as autobiographical as a memoir".[134]
Berman discussed his isolation, divorce—Silver Jews songs about Cassie having been plentiful—and
death, which had a particular presence.[135] By this point, his music had less humor, misdirection, irony or
embellishment; he was interested in being direct.[136]
On the Silver Jews albums, Berman represented his alienation via substitutes, his characters composed of
traits originating from either real-life people, fictional characters or archetypes.[137] His fictional narratives
often start relatively straightforwardly and then become bizarre; the songs of American Water conjure an
"absurdist landscape" and "grow more obtuse in proportion to tunefulness".[138] His stories present a
literary aesthetic that is "equal parts rural shack and gothic zen" and his characters often reside in "half-
empty country-and-western bars and backwater burgs".[139]
Having found a wider audience with Actual Air, Berman's lyrics were held to a higher standard; and he has
been praised for diverging from his peers.[140] His lyrics have been credited as being influential for indie
rock and other musicians.[141] Pitchfork deemed him one of "the most influential" musicians of the quarter-
century following the publication's launch in 1996.[142]
Sound
Silver Jews' early work is defined by an ultra lo-fi aesthetic, starting as ostensibly "avant-gardist" within the
framework of "traditional" pop songs.[143] Their work before Starlite Walker is "regarded as the lowest
fidelity recordings of the first lo-fi movement".[144] The changing line-up influenced the sound, Berman's
musical approach became simplified and the band moved further towards a country sound; Purple
Mountains eschewed the previous punk rock strand.[145] Purple Mountains is Berman's most direct,
conventional album, said Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic. As noted by Adam Rothband of Tiny Mix
Tapes, all of Berman's discography is relatively conventional.[146] Berman's vocal delivery has been
identified as brusque, dry and mostly uninflected—his register was described as baritone and he would
concurrently sing and speak.[147] Reviewing Starlite Walker for The Guardian, Jonathan Romney
described Berman's approach as "whiny, archetypally slackerish" with "vaguely country inflections"—the
early country aspects being mostly humorous.[148]
Silver Jews' songs were often sparse, usually with three or four chords, the kind Berman said "you might
learn in beginner's guitar lessons".[149] Berman understood his musical abilities were limited, the lo-fi
sound initially obscuring his abilities.[150] For a while, he questioned as to why he was without natural
talent, eventually renouncing his creative insecurity and becoming assertive in his design.[151]
Berman spent significant time without playing his guitar and said
his process of creating albums began with conceptualization and
then daily refinement, typically writing the music first.[152] For the
first four Silver Jews albums, Berman wrote all the songs.[7]
Malkmus and Berman had differing approaches and were
"longtime musical foil[s]".[153] With Tanglewood Numbers,
Berman exercised greater care and control—Shaer observed soon
after its release that the album "represents Berman's most
comprehensive effort to focus his songwriting".[154]
Cassie and David in 2008
Cassie and Berman "shared a brightening chemistry", the former's
calm disposition onstage provided stability to Berman's electric
presence.[155] Everett True and Berman concurred that he was a natural performer.[156] Berman also
performed in a rigid manner, reading sheet music "like it's a literary reading"; Marc Hirsh of the Boston
Globe said Berman used a music stand to create a barrier between himself and the audience.[157] Cassie
compared Berman's early showmanship to a child beginning to ride a bicycle. She did recall that their first
performance belied his reluctance, as he was talkative to the extensive audience.[64]
Poetry
Berman said in 2002 that he "started writing poems because I wanted to make poems so good they would
make everyone else quit. I don't have the voice or the technical skills to blow people away with my music.
But I have a chance to do that with my poetry".[58] With regards to composition, he allocated the same time
to both: two or three hours, in a daily manner, poetry being the more vigorous undertaking.[17] He began to
pursue the prospect of publication by age 22—two years before, by his judgement, his "first worthwhile
song".[17] Although his lyrics and poetry remain distinct from each other,[158] critics have found they share
certain defining characteristics, such as:
direct delivery;[159]
literary wit;[160]
picturesque descriptions;[161]
allusions to Judeo-Christianity;[162]
forsaken subjects;[163]
themes of American culture, absurdism and everyday melancholy;[164]
and an entanglement of reality and symbolism, often in the form of civic imagery.[165]
Unlike his music, Berman's poetry did not feature rhyme and the poems in Actual Air were written in free
verse—he composed his poems using written notes and disclosed that he "didn't know anything about
form, rhythm or meter", surmising his structure to be accidental or instinctual.[166] Berman has mentioned
various poets as influences of his: James Tate—discernible via a similar and blunt approach to surrealism
and, in Actual Air, per style and focus upon location and person; Russell Edson, Kenneth Koch, Wallace
Stevens, Charles Wright and Emily Dickinson.[167]
Berman once expressed dismay that poetry offered too much freedom.[168] Tate, under whom Berman
studied, said the poems are "narratives that freeze life in impossible contortions", whereas Berman called
them "psychedelic soap operas"; Heidi Julavits noted that Berman often distorted familiar concepts in his
poetry.[169] Scott Timberg cites "New York, New York" as an example of how "A typical Berman poem
starts with an image almost iconic in its ordinariness, delivered in a flat tone".[170]
Written with direct attention on emotions, Actual Air's

poems include small-scale scenes and situations Berman
extensively explored, the collection compared to a novel A second New York is being built
by one critic.[171] The world concocted, analogous to that a little west of the old one.
in his songs, is eccentric—with "plausible contexts" Why another, no one asks,
quickly altered by "an odd word" and domestic scenes Just build it, and they do.
"tinged with gothic weirdness".[172] Using various styles
of prose, Berman depicts, among other occurrences, The first stanza of "New York, New York"
"police officers [who] slowdance with target range
silhouettes" and "blue deer [that] speak Fortran in the
restroom".[173]
Berman's poetry has amassed admiration, including from Dara Wier and Billy Collins—Collins featuring
him in an anthology.[174] Rich Smith of The Stranger summarized Berman's poetic output as a "master[y
of] the opening line, the surprising image, the lyric narrative, the warm abstraction, and the crucial skill of
knowing when to use the Latin word or the German word".[37] Aaron Calvin, writing for Pitchfork, wrote
that the intersection of Berman's lyrics and poetry bolsters his legacy.[158]
Public image and self-perception
Here was a man too brilliant for his own health, held captive by unseen forces.[175]
— Marc Hogan of Pitchfork on the opening lyrics to "Random Rules" and general
perception of Berman's career
Berman was acutely self-conscious with his public image. After the release of Purple Mountains he feared
he would be seen as a depressive, and had earlier wished he could convey a less abrasive persona.[176] He
kept note of musicians who had mentioned him in interviews and believed his music was unappreciated,
having never held his work in esteem, besides his lyrical capability.[177] Berman did not view Silver Jews
as a "band that other bands would namedrop", in contrast to the likes of Smog or Will Oldham's bands.[178]
Although he once expressed a need for outside validation, he refused to read reviews or articles concerning
him. By 2005, hoping to separate his self-perception from others, he had installed an external blocking
device on his computer for this very reason.[179]
Although he later just considered himself an artist, Berman had been surprised that his songwriting gained
more attention than his poetry, thinking of himself as more a poet than a songwriter.[180] Others perceived
him as an earnest poet; Rothband considered Berman "synonymous with what he created".[181] In music
and poetry, Berman felt his peers saw him as "moonlighting". He once expressed interest in remaining "a
stranger" in both fields.[182]
Berman was seen as a "cult hero" due in part to his aversion to promotion, and his initial refusal to tour
generated a sense of mystique.[183] As of 2005, Silver Jews had only purchased one advertisement in
Alternative Press in 1994, for The Arizona Record.[11] He reportedly refused to let Drag City promote his
music.[184] Berman relied upon word of mouth and positive reviews, although he dismissed the notion of
being critically acclaimed—he felt disregarded by critics; he resented and ruminated upon some who
reviewed his work and hoped to sabotage their careers.[185] He expressed ambivalence toward his inability
to reach a larger audience.[186] Eric Clark of The Gazette and Berman recognized the band's sound as the
source of their relative obscurity; Berman further credited his singing and was motivated by such a
status.[187]
Timothy Michalik of Under The Radar said Berman had a simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow persona
to which fans could relate; by 2006, Berman, according to Leon Neyfakh, was "increasingly well-known
as an eccentric outsider artist".[188][c] He had amassed a reputation as "perhaps the finest lyricist of his
generation" with his diligence being a frequent point of discussion.[190] Berman's return to music prompted
a jovial and personal response from major publications, with concern for Berman having been identified as
instrumental to his fervent fanbase.[191] Reception of Purple Mountains was significantly altered following
Berman's suicide: critics wrote "it [is] impossible to hear this album in any other context", and "[n]ow,
instead of worrying, you mourn".[192]
Posthumous tributes
Many artists paid tribute to Berman following his suicide. Malkmus and Nastanovich both commented on
his death and performed shows in his honor.[193] Drag City released a tribute cover of "The Wild
Kindness" sung by Callahan, Oldham, and Cassie.[194] The cover albums Approaching Perfection: A
Tribute To DC Berman and Late Homework: The Songs of David Berman were released two months after
his death.[195]
A number of musicians referenced and/or paid tribute to Berman in

albums: The Avalanches and Cassandra Jenkins quoted
Berman.[196] Fleet Foxes and Mogwai memorialized Berman on
their respective songs "Sunblind" and "Ritchie Sacramento".[197]
Callahan described his and Oldham's collaborative album Blind
Date Party as "all of Drag City coming together for David".[114]
The Mountain Goats dedicated their song "Arguing With the Ghost
of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review" to
The Albert and Shirley Small Special
Berman.[198] Daniel Blumberg and John Vanderslice dedicated
Collections Library announced it
their respective works On&On and I can't believe civilization is still would be collecting materials related
going here in 2021! Congratulations to all of us, Love DCB to to Berman.[20]
Berman.[199]
The Tennessee Titans, Berman's favorite football team, displayed the message "Nashville (and the world)
will always love David Berman" on its Jumbotron during a home game on November 10, 2019.[200] Major
publications: The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Slate, Spin and
The Washington Post wrote obituaries and tributes.[201] Fans shared lyrics and other tributes on social
media; according to Pitchfork's Sam Sodomsky: "In the wake of Berman's death ... His voice never felt
louder or more vital".[202] The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards omitted Berman from its in memoriam
segment, drawing criticism from some viewers.[203]
After his son's death, Richard Berman released the following statement: "Despite his difficulties, he always
remained my special son. I will miss him more than he was able to realize."[204]
Discography
With Silver Jews:
Starlite Walker (1994)
The Natural Bridge (1996)
American Water (1998)
Bright Flight (2001)
Tanglewood Numbers (2005)
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008)
With Purple Mountains:
Purple Mountains (2019)
Other credits
Title Year Artist Notes Ref.
Lyrics on "Granny Grunt" and "(Have You [205]
Thank You 1995 Royal Trux
Met) Horror James?"
Joya 1997 Will Oldham Lyrics on "Apocalypse, No!" (uncredited) [206]
Sings Greatest Will Oldham (as Bonnie Vocal coach on "New Partner"; vocals on "No [207]
2004
Palace Music "Prince" Billy) More Workhorse Blues"
Singlewide 2009 The Dexateens Vocals on "Can You Whoop It" [208]
"A Cowboy Overflow [209]

2012 The Avalanches Vocals, words
of the Heart"
Vocals and words on "Saturday Night Inside [210]
Wildflower 2016 The Avalanches
Out"
Universalists 2018 Yonatan Gat Producer [211]
Bibliography
Actual Air (1999)
The Portable February (2009)
Notes
a. The year prior, some reasons for the locations he chose for his readings were as follows: a
favor for Drag City and Open City, a publisher of Berman's poetry; a desire to visit a new
place; being able to stop over at an old friend's house; being able to benefit the "Arkansas
literacy project" and to be "the object of an assembly [at Greenhill School]".[35]
b. Dan Bejar, who worked with Berman in the early recording sessions of Purple Mountains,
reflected that there once were "lots of really wild lines that would have fit in more with ’90s
Berman—just blasting images, more manic, which was actually the state he was in". As the
process continued, Berman became disinterested in said lyrical material, hoping to explore
new avenues, and resultingly abandoning the previous work.[122]
c. Elsewhere Berman said, to be an artist, he had to "exist in a time where high and low art mix
easily".[189]
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David Berman (musician)

David Cloud Berman (born David Craig Berman;

He provided Silver Jews' characteristic lyrics and, with

David Craig Berman was born on January 4, 1967, in

Berman's parents divorced when he was seven. Thereafter, he split

Origin of Silver Jews: 1989–1994

Upon graduation, Berman, Malkmus, and Nastanovich moved to

Critical acclaim and substance abuse: 1996–2001

The composition of The Natural Bridge (1996) left Berman

Attempted suicide, rehabilitation and career progression: 2003–2008

Hiatus from music: 2009–2017

After Silver Jews disbanded, Berman became a recluse.[1] The "hermit,

Purple Mountains and death: 2018–2019

Written with direct attention on emotions, Actual Air's

Public image and self-perception

A number of musicians referenced and/or paid tribute to Berman in

Joya 1997 Will Oldham Lyrics on "Apocalypse, No!" (uncredited) [206]

"A Cowboy Overflow [209]

Universalists 2018 Yonatan Gat Producer [211]

Trux, Royal (1995). Thank You (liner notes). Drag City.

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