Purple Mountains has been played on NTS shows including Homeshake, with Darkness And Cold first played on 19 June 2019.

In 2019, 10 years since retiring Silver Jews and retreating from public life, David Berman triumphantly returned as Purple Mountains with the eponymous album released on 12 July 2019 on the Drag City label.

David Cloud Berman (David Craig Berman; January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019) was an American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist best known for his work with indie-rock band the Silver Jews. Although the band primarily existed as a recording project for most of its existence, the Silver Jews toured regularly from…