Showing posts with label Silver Jews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silver Jews. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Silver Jews - American Water (1998)


"Wild metaphors and dry wit..."

I'd say that's David Berman's mission statement. I was trying to think of the most American music possible; (Will Oldham's various projects and monikers come to mind) but Berman is way smarter and what's more American than rampant intellectualism? I swear half of these songs could be little snippets of college thesis statements...