Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Infobox Album
Name = Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Type = studio
Artist = Silver Jews


Released = 17 June 2008
Recorded = Nashville and Lexington, VA, March 2007 - October 2007 citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003681247|title='Lookout': Silver Jews Ready Sixth Album|publisher=Billboard]
Genre = Indie rock
Length =
Label = Drag City
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfrxzyjldte link]
*Billboard [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i2bfca79181eb7249fba99a0f57a12f67 link]
*"Blender" Rating|2|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5185 link]
* Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51338-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea 2008]
* PopMatters (6/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/57334/silver-jews-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea link]
* The Skinny Rating|4|5 [http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/42780-silver-jews-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea link]
* "Spin" Rating|4|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/silver-jews-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea-drag-city link]
Last album = Tanglewood Numbers
(2005)
This album = Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008)
Next album =

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is indie-rock band Silver Jews sixth studio album, released 17 June, 2008.citeweb|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/upcomingreleases.shtml|title=Upcoming CD Releases|publisher=metacritic|accessdate=2008-03-07] It was recorded at Marble Valley of Lexington, Virginia and Lake Fever Productions of Nashville, Tennessee. Silver Jews records are known for featuring different casts of musicians. This album features the touring band of lead singer, David Berman, including his wife Cassie. Berman has said that the album is "really different" compared to previous ones.citeweb|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47468-silver-jews-reveal-ilookouti-tracklist-2008-live-plans|title=Silver Jews Reveal Lookout Tracklist, 2008 Live Plans|accessdate=2008-04-10] The album leaked onto the internet on March 17, 2008.

Recording

In an interview with Pitchfork Media, Berman said that whilst recording he used a new guitar to influence a new mindset.cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/142559-interview-silver-jews|title=Interview: Silver Jews|author=Grayson Currin|publisher=Pitchfork Media|accessdate=2008-09-03|date=08-18-2008] He wrote all of the songs before going into the studio, so that he could make sure each song took "into account its neighbours". The vocals were not recorded until last, as he kept changing the lyrics and wanted to be able to edit them without having to re-record the entire song. Berman went on to say that at the end of recording he wished he'd had more time to write, as there were still things he would have changed. "What Is Not But Could Be If" was a 'totally different kind of writing' for Berman, and he compared it to bands that sang slogans and epigrammatic writing.

Music

"Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea" has been described as one of the Silver Jews' 'lightest' albums.cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfrxzyjldte|title=Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea review|accessdate=2008-09-03|author=Heather Phares|publisher="Allmusic"]

Tracklisting

# "What Is Not but Could Be If" - 3:08
# "Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer" - 1:54
# "Suffering Jukebox" - 4:21
# "My Pillow Is the Threshold" - 3:52
# "Strange Victory, Strange Defeat" - 2:44
# "Open Field" - 2:39
# "San Francisco B.C." - 6:15
# "Candy Jail" - 2:30
# "Party Barge" - 2:55
# "We Could Be Looking for the Same Thing" - 3:35

References

External links

* [http://www.silverjews.net/ Silver Jews website]
* [http://www.dragcity.com/bands/silverjoos.html Drag City: Silver Jews]