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Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
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by: Silver Jews
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Released: 2008-06-17 |
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1. What Is Not But Could Be If
2. Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer
3. Suffering Jukebox
4. My Pillow Is the Threshold
5. Strange Victory, Strange Defeat
6. Open Field - Silver Jews, Baz, Maher Shalal H
7. San Francisco B.C.
8. Candy Jail
9. Party Barge
10. We Could Be Looking for the Same Thing
Album Description
2008 release, the sixth album from Silver Jews and their first since Tanglewood Numbers from 2005. All a-sweat and working hard, rumbling with terror and humility like old Johnny Cash, leader David Berman is once again your tour guide into the void, pointing out spots where some dreams died and other candy-colored conceits were conceived.
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Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2008-06-17)
- Publisher: Drag City
- Label: Drag City
- Studio: Drag City
- Average Customer Review: based on 8 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #6233
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: A disappointment.. 2008-11-20
Comment: As a huge Silver Jews fan, this album rates as a disappointment.
I've had Natural Bridge for over a year and still listen to it at least once a week.
I've had American Water for 4 years and still listen to it about twice a month.
I've had Bright Flight for 4 years and still listen to it about once a month.
I've had this album since it came out and haven't listened to it since those early days when it was new, except for brief trials to make sure that yeah, it really is that bad.
The production is horrible and the music and lyrics aren't up to the Jews usual standards. That being said, it still gets 3 stars, because even a dud Jews album is worth hearing, but unlike the others, this one doesn't keep drawing you back.
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Summary: One of the best 2008-11-16
Comment: Davids on a roll and i cant wait to see what the jews will come up with next!
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Summary: Surely a Strange Victory 2008-10-09
Comment: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is the latest release from The Silver Jews, and in my opinion it's the most consistent album released by David Berman. Like all SJ releases, it contains the typical amount of sly resignation and witty slacker-sophistication from an eternally sobering songwriter. Berman laments the fate of the suffering jukeboxes in happy towns, country restroom on the radio, the illicit exploits of lard connoisseurs, the importation of squirrels and chicken-fried pigeon in preparation for the onslaught of autumn, and most importantly, the gooey, candy-coated imprisonments we willingly and routinely place ourselves in.
The Silver Jews is a branded band made in the mold of all the current under-the-radar greats such as Neko Case, Giant Sand, Calexico, The Handsome Family, etc. Slightly dark, weird and esoteric? Absolutely, but certainly the music is original, imaginative and with that distinctive southwestern / alt. country flair making it anachronistic enough to be cutting edge.
I daresay that this album may be enough to propel the Silver Jews just beyond their typical squirrelly fan base, but probably and regrettably not enough for mainstream play. It's a shame, since Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea really is a strange victory.
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Summary: Check your Prescription Mr. Berman 2008-09-30
Comment: King David has elected to leave his indie throne to be a happy as hell motivational speaker, in this new age of crisis. Doubleplus Ungood.
Could Cassie be his Yoko? Oy Vey I have issues with the Jooh's.
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Summary: Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea 2008-09-14
Comment: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008, Drag City) Silver Jews' sixth studio album. ***1/2
Silver Jews is not an immediate sound you latch onto. In fact, it's nearly required that you be a fan of Johnny Cash and the Pixies to get into it. All their albums, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea included, are ones that grows with each listen. The opening "What Is Not But Could Be If" sounds like a lecture with lyrics like "What could appear in morning mist/With all associated risk/What is not but could be if." Alternatively, it can be completely idiotic, such as "Party Barge," which ends with Cassie Berman repeating "Send us your coordinates, I'll send a Saint Bernard."
Two moments are truly musically awe-inspiring; the vocally downing "Suffering Jukebox" and the folk sounds of "Strange Victory, Strange Defeat." The former is remarkable for its extended chorus, which again sees Cassie Berman letting loose with pleading lines. While it isn't as introspective as other Silver Jews releases, that's by no means a good or bad thing; if anything, it offers a balance to some of their more melodramatic work and lets David Berman's sense of humor shine through more. This isn't music that you'd hear at a party, but its sound is timeless. Namely, music like this ages very well. (Suffering Jukebox)
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