{"product_id":"silver-jews-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea-lp","title":"Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhether its songs were autobiographical or not, \u003c\/span\u003eTanglewood Numbers\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e carried the weight of the hard times \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Berman\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e survived before making the album. By contrast, \u003c\/span\u003eLookout Mountain, Lookout Sea\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is one of \u003c\/span\u003ethe Silver Jews\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e' lightest albums, at times surpassing the most playful moments of \u003c\/span\u003eStarlite Walker\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eAmerican Water\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eBerman\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's sly sense of humor has always been a vital -- maybe even the most vital -- ingredient in \u003c\/span\u003ethe Silver Jews\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e' music, but some of the songs here are so goofy, at least on the surface, they might put off fans who want him to be only a serious writer or wry raconteur. \"Party Barge\" opens with gleefully fake seagull sound effects and just gets wackier from there, with \u003c\/span\u003eBerman\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and his wife, \u003c\/span\u003eCassie\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, trading off lyrics like \"Send me your coordinates and I'll send a Saint Bernard.\" Yet even the silliest-seeming songs aren't trivial -- and like most \u003c\/span\u003eSilver Jews\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e songs, they're eminently quotable: the album's longest and wildest song, \"San Francisco B.C.,\" a six-minute epic involving an ex-girlfriend who is a \"vocal martyr in the vegan press,\" has almost as many narrative developments as a small novel; \"Candy Jail\" may have fittingly sugary marimba melodies, but the first words out of \u003c\/span\u003eBerman\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's mouth are \"pain works on a sliding scale.\" The darkness that drove much of \u003c\/span\u003eTanglewood Numbers\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e resurfaces from time to time on \u003c\/span\u003eLookout Mountain, Lookout Sea\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, sometimes in strange places, like the breakneck story-song \"Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer,\" where a star-crossed romance with a very hungry country singer and the mysterious \"region 10\" combine in surreal, sinister ways. However, even on the album's most inward-looking song, the gorgeous \"My Pillow Is the Threshold,\" which explores the night life of dreaming, that darkness feels like it's been put into a more manageable perspective. \u003c\/span\u003eLookout Mountain, Lookout Sea\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e also boasts a few quintessential \u003c\/span\u003eSilver Jews\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e songs, including the opening track, \"What Is Not But Could Be If,\" a lonesome, open-ended musing where the rumble of \u003c\/span\u003eBerman\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's slightly frail baritone sounds like the missing link between \u003c\/span\u003eJohnny Cash\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eCalvin Johnson\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \"Suffering Jukebox\" is another classic from its title onward; written in sympathy of the mostly ignored jukeboxes in honky tonks everywhere, it's just another example of how \u003c\/span\u003ethe Silver Jews\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e find imaginative perspectives on classic country sounds and imagery. They go a step farther on \"We Could Be Looking for the Same Thing,\" delivering a love song sweet and straightforward enough to be a hit in a parallel country-pop universe, lyrics like \"I hope I don't come across as a coyote in your eyes\" and all. \u003c\/span\u003eLookout Mountain, Lookout Sea\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e reveals more poetic, as well as playful, layers with each listen -- and above all, underscores what an inviting songwriter \u003c\/span\u003eBerman\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is, whether he's taking a darker or lighter approach. -All Music Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1952497572\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/track=3518797046\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drag City Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67991109468526,"sku":"bla1793804812025","price":18.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/7591\/4094\/files\/silver-jews---lookout-mountain-lookout-sea-lp_1.jpg?v=1793804817","url":"https:\/\/mocassinsolek.shop\/products\/silver-jews-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}