Drag City Records, David Berman's longtime label home, posted a loving obituary of the late Silver Jews/Purple Mountains singer.
Drag City Records, David Berman's longtime label home, posted a loving obituary of the late/Purple Mountains singer on Monday , paying homage to the singer's deep, emotional songcraft while encouraging fans struggling with suicidal thoughts to reach out for help.
Berman died by suicide last Wednesday and the label acknowledged that that kind of loss often elicits a similar range of emotions. "Everybody says these things after a suicide – and this week, we know very specifically why they do. For instance: five minutes ago, we were in tears. Five minutes before that, hope. Before that, rage. And now, nothing," they wrote of the death of the acclaimed singer who released six full-length albums on the label from 1994 to 2008.
Drag City urged anyone feeling despondent or suicidal to "stop what you’re doing and take them very seriously. Talk to someone about them. Stay with us. We count ourselves among those on both the speaking and listening ends of these conversations, and these feelings are not foreign to us," providing a link to the. "It can be okay. Very likely it WILL be okay. It was okay so many times before.
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