"David Berman sings to one such person in 'Pretty Eyes,' at the very end of The Natural Bridge, an album he made when he was 29. His friends and collaborators in Pavement were achieving a type of success that must have seemed like a dream... Meanwhile, Berman had been living in Amherst to study under the tutelage of his hero, the poet James Tate."
"After several failed attempts at making a second record—the follow-up to 1994's Starlite Walker, a shaggy, lovable album he made with Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, and Steve West—he got together with some local musician friends in Massachusetts. At the end of the sessions, they watched as he strummed through 'Pretty Eyes,' sleep-deprived and hell-bent on getting it all right in one take."
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