Michelle Branch has been in the news lately for less-than-ideal reasons: Upon learning that her husband and musical collaborator Patrick Carney (of the Black Keys) was cheating on her, she slapped him, leading to domestic assault charges that were eventually dropped. But Branch also has a new album coming out next week, The Trouble With Fever, which she worked on with Carney all throughout the pandemic. Today Billboard published an in-depth interview about the project, which includes a surprising reference to the late Silver Jews and Purple Mountains mastermind David Berman.