Silver Jews - "Natural Bridge" - INDIE COMPACT DISC NM/NM

Silver Jews were an American indie rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, formed in 1989 by David Berman alongside Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich.[1] Berman was the only constant band member. During the last few albums, Cassie Berman became a regular member of the band. They disbanded in 2009.

Berman was living in Hoboken, New Jersey with two University of Virginia friends, Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, and recording discordant tapes in their living room.[1] Around this time, he worked as a security guard at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, which influenced their music. Berman said, "We were working at the Whitney with all this conceptual art, and we were learning about it [...] And so I thought, "Well let's just make this record that looks like a record, and has song titles and everything, but the songs would be the ones we make at home that sound terrible."[2] Although the band is often called a Pavement side project, its formation actually preceded Pavement's.

"Walnut Falcons" was tossed around as a potential band name before "Silver Jews" was chosen.[2] Berman, who was Jewish,[3] joked that the name came from a billboard he saw reading "Silver Jewelry"[4] and later revealed that the name was actually intended to be a pseudonym for a conceptual art piece but instead evolved into the actual band.[5] Others claim that the name pays homage to Silver Apples, the Beatles' early name "the Silver Beatles", and a slang term for Jews with blonde hair.[6] In an interview with Vish Khanna in June 2019, Berman said, "Silver Jews was a very burdensome band name. It confused people: I never made it clear what I meant by it. It wasn't until the end until I realized what a proper definition of Silver Jew would be outside of the context of my music, which would be a Jew that was Jewish down through patrilineal descent, which would be a Jew that's not a Jew, really. It's the outsiders to the outsiders."[7]

The Natural Bridge is the second studio album by American indie rock band the Silver Jews. Released in 1996 as an LP and CD on Drag City (DC101) in America and Domino (WIG28) in Europe, The Natural Bridge was engineered and mixed by Michael Deming and Thom Monahan and features cover art by Mike Flood. Featured musicians include: David Berman; Matt Hunter; Rian Murphy; Peyton Pinkerton; and Michael Deming.

Artist: Silver Jews 

Album: "Natural Bridge"

Format: COMPACT DISC

Grade: NM/NM 

Opened and ripped; only played once!

Grades: CD Booklet + inserts/media.

I will do my best to send uncracked jewel cases but grades are regarding the booklet and rear jewel case. All CDs guaranteed to not skip unless notes.

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