The Natural Bridge

by Silver Jews

The Natural Bridge cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 1996
  • Label: Drag City
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:45
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 13 ratings

Artists on this release: David Berman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Natural Bridge' is a deeply poetic, profoundly existential touchstone of 90s slacker rock and alt-country. David Berman's incredibly abstract, melancholic songwriting is supported by mellow indie rock arrangements, capturing a lonely, nocturnal sense of Americana.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, existential, literate, slacker, plainspoken

Tracklist

  1. How to Rent a Room (3:02)
  2. Pet Politics (4:04)
  3. Black and Brown Blues (4:04)
  4. Ballad of Reverend War Character (3:46)
  5. The Right to Remain Silent (2:36)
  6. Dallas (4:13)
  7. Inside the Golden Days of Missing You (2:26)
  8. Albemarle Station (3:40)
  9. The Frontier Index (3:37)
  10. Pretty Eyes (4:12)

Credits

  • Silver Jews - primary artist
  • Michael Deming - mixed by, engineer, performer
  • Thom Monahan - mixed by, engineer
  • David Berman - performer, written-by
  • Matt Hunter - performer
  • Peyton Pinkerton - performer
  • Rian Murphy - performer, producer
  • The Shadwell Cougars - producer

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