New Pernice Brothers Record

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If you send Mr. Pernice a box of tissues, I'm sure he'll sensitively cry into them in falsetto and then write all the lyrics down on them for you and send them back to you. With a nice string bed.

I kinda like Pernice Bros but liner note lyrics molest my inner child.

Just got this one today, so we'll see how long my fascination lasts. The production, however, is very mid-'80s England though. That could be a definite check in the "plus" column.

had heard about this, but forgot. new scud mtn boys record in july!
http://www.scudmountainboys.com/do-you-love-the-sun.html
samples sound like you'd expect.

just listened to yours mine and ours for the first time in a while over the weekend - pretty great record. haven't been in love with the last few things pernice has done, but he did have quite a winning streak going there for a while.

Yes to "Yours Mine Ours" as a great record

It still kills me that Sherwin-Williams used "Weakest Shade of Blue" in a commercial.

ha

haha forgot about that. i saw lambchop and the pernice bros. at some point, heavy sherwin williams content (see "new cobweb summer").

i didn't now about paint commercial, lol. YMO is so good, it's the pernice album i usually go back to.

world won't end and overcome by happiness are pretty classic, too, imo. and the Chappaquiddick Skyline rec is killer as well.

Second album is my fave.

guess there is also this which i also heard about and forgot:
The New Mendicants are Mike Belitsky, Norman Blake and Joe Pernice. This, their first recording, was produced by Norman (with help from Mike and Joe) in Toronto, where they all live now. This 6-song CD EP was put together so Norman and Joe would have something to sell on their January/February 2013 tour of Australia. (Mike wasn't actually in the band on its first day, when the touring plan was hatched and flights were purchased. He joined on the 7th day.) It contains 3 brand new songs, plus 2 instances of Joe and Norman covering themselves (tres postmodern) and one INXS cover (The Australian government requires musicians wishing to tour Australia release an INXS cover before they will issue the necessary work visas. But luckily, they had some good songs.)

http://www.pernicebrothers.com/store/product/?inc=product52.html

new scud record is pretty damn good, only a couple clunkers in there. might be my favorite pernice thing in quite a while. the bonus disc that came w/ pre-orders has three great outtakes from the mid 90s. he can be such a great melody writer -- title aside, i can imagine dionne warwick tackling "son of a bitch."

The New Mendicants EP is quite good, worth picking up if you enjoy the man's work.

Did not realize the new Scuds record was out!

he can be such a great melody writer

^^^^
This

Overcome by Happiness>Massachusetts>>Big Tobacco>The World Won't End>Pine Box>Dance the Night Away>Chappaquiddick Skyline>Yours Mine and Ours>>Discover a Lovelier You>>>Live a Little>>Do You Love the Sun>>Into the Lime>>>Goodbye Killer>>>>It Feels So Good When I Stop

DYLtS and Goodbye Killer have a few great songs each

Yeah every album Pernice has touched included at least a few great moments. I was actually listening to Goodbye Killer today, which inspired me to post above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK30806GJsk

The section around 2:28 is perfection.

Website hasn't been updated since the 2015 Roger Lion release, but still hold out hope they put out another album on the same level as Overcome by Happiness or The World Won't End. I go back and forth between ObH, TWWE, and YM&O as my favorite PB release, though no real need to choose.

just saw on twitter that he's setting up a bandcamp page with all the pernice stuff and that there's a new LP in the works ...
my wife plays yours mine & ours around the house all the time, still sounds great.

That's great news. Thanks for passing that on!

We're currently migrating Ashmont Records catalog to @Bandcamp
New Pernice Brothers music on the way. Stay tuned.

— Joe Pernice (@JPernicious) February 25, 2019

dumdumdum good to hear from 'them' :-)

This is really just his hobby at this point isn’t it? I think I saw that he is a writer for a Canadian tv show or something like that.

I thought I read at one point that he'd recorded a Goodbye Killer followup but never bothered releasing it. Anyway his '98-'06 albums make up one of the great songwriting streaks in history, imo, Bandcamp will be a richer place.

Yes.

He (correctly) grumbles about low Spotify pay rates in an earlier tweet

New album Spread The Feeling out one month from today, it seems, plus a few shows announced.

Finished tour poster for upcoming Pernice Brothers shows. pic.twitter.com/muSsPNtb9q

— Joe Pernice (@JPernicious) August 9, 2019

yay!

That’s good news. Hope they’ll add more gigs.

new track from the album and bonus tracks up to stream now: https://pernicebrothers.bandcamp.com/album/spread-the-feeling

New track has their sound. It’s ok

Joe tweeted in response to a question about whether they had plans to put the new one on Apple Music- no streaming plans.

So maybe just Bandcamp for this

Bought via Bandcamp. If the vinyl/download options don't work for you, he mentioned a limited amount of cds will be announced later on the mailing list. I'll rebuy it.

Well, I get that Spotify is not always good or worthwhile for audiences so more power to him for keeping it off the platform. But personally my audio set-up is such that if it's not on Spotify I'm most likely not going to hear it. I know it's *possible* to hear it but I basically manage all my music through my phone these days and everything is done through the Spotify app. I don't have a home stereo or even a home computer.

* artists, not audiences.

You could just hear it via the Bandcamp website on your phone, that's what I did.

And I was not that enthused, it's ok but maybe my time for Pernice Brothers love has simply passed.

(which is not to say I don't adore their records up until "Hello Killer")

On June 19, 2020 I will release a solo album. It’s called RICHARD. It’s basically me and a nylon string guitar I recorded in my basement bike shop during Covid lockdown. There are no world-altering songs of protest on it. There are no songs that poetically and compassionately describe the lives of our fellow citizens who have lived within a system braided with racism. I wish I could write that song. God, knows I have tried, but they always come up short. (Maybe the title song goes part of the way there. I don’t know.)

awww. this sounds promising.

as great as seeing him/them live was (at their first show in a long time, I gather) Spread the Feeling didn't really hit me

Ooh, thanks for that. Speaking of a Pernice and a guitar, I watched The Half of It on Netflix and was surprised to learn from the credits that he wrote its talent show ballad. It's a whole new era of earnest YouTubers covering him.

Seems there might be an album of Barry Manilow covers at some point, too: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/joe-pernice/joe-pernice-barely-manilow-series/

I will live stream a show from my bike shop on April 2, 2021 at 8 pm EST. It will be the first show by me hosted on Bandcamp. I have no idea about the logistics, nor does my partner Joyce…but she will. We’ll send another mailing list post asap with details about how to register to witness the gig

I was underwhelmed by the Barry Manilow covers. I hope his livestream uses other material

PERFORMING THE Overcome by Happiness’s ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY:
THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, SOMERVILLE, MA
CRYSTAL BALLROOM

FRIDAY, MAY 19TH, NEW YORK, NY
RACKET

Ah would love to see that! Such a classic.

Yes. me too but can’t make it up there. Chickfactor zine editor just posted on FB she has an extra ticket for tonight!

No idea at all why this band did not take off.

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I'm on the wrong side of the country, alas.

Saw one clip on IG from tonight and they had a string section with them. Nice . Haven’t read it but NPR has a review of the re-release

Totally missed that the Pernice Brothers released an album four years ago, their first album in ... 10 years? Anyway, it's great. Of course it's great. I'm seeing Joe Pernice perform a solo living room show tonight so have been playing a bit of catchup, and really, it's *all* great. Or at the least very good. As Soto would say, sound/solid.

Oh nice, I went to the Minneapolis show on Friday, it was lovely. I think well over half of what he played was new songs from upcoming projects, including the new Pernice Brothers album, finished and out next year. Lots to look forward to: what he called his first proper duet (recorded with Neko Case) and first soul song (recorded with a full string section), a song from a solo country album, a beautiful David Berman tribute. Great lines across all of those, and the rest, and so great to hear his voice in such a quiet room.

Yeah, he played a lot of those tonight. I guess he doesn't really tour much anymore? He said the last time he played Chicago was maybe 2006, Minneapolis was probably similar. His voice sounded incredible. I bought a poster, love that in a few days he is playing at Sean's Veterinary Practice in Pittsburgh.

Wish he would do a show in DC area

All of this is to say that he’d like to do more. And the timing is good, because we are all waiting for something that’s happening in the spring that we can’t officially tell you about even though you likely already know. Are you a middle-to-late middled aged person who always wanted to be a concert promoter but was thwarted when real life got in the way? Here’s your chance! These things work best if you have a social network of the non-computer variety. If this is something you would like to explore with us, you can fill out this little survey we put together:

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and I will be in touch. That will help us figure out if there is a cluster of shows that might make sense.

Thanks

New song “Who Will You Believe “ now out and new album is coming. New song is folky .

https://pernicebrothers.bandcamp.com/album/who-will-you-believe

Excellent. According to my notes he played seven of these in November, I really liked them all.

New song "I Don't think I Need That Anymore" with guest vocals from Neko Case is out . It's ok.

Sounds nice. Reminds me of late-era Nick Lowe. The other song/b-side is solid, too.

I think it's pretty great!

I love it, but I’m more team Neko Case than Pernice Brothers.

tbh not familiar with Pernice, but great to hear Neko

i grabbed that big Overcome By Happiness reissue recently — a pricey collection, but really nicely done. And some of the bonus stuff is very good. I haven't loved anything Joe's done in a little while (not that I've *hated* anything), but he really had an amazing late 90s / early 2000s run. even the side projects (chappaquidick skyline, big tobacco) are terrific.

Yep, Pernice late 90s , early 2000s run was great. Current offerings are not bad, but not at the level of the older stuff.

My personal Pernice / Scud Mountain Boys ranking:

1. Overcome by Happiness
2. Massachusetts
3. Big Tobacco
4. The Early Year
5. The World Won’t End
6. Yours Mine & Ours
7. Chappaquiddick Skyline
8. Live a Little
9. Discover a Lovelier You
10. Into the Lime (the New Mendicants)
11. Do You Love the Sun (Scuds reunion album)
12. Richard
13. Goodbye Killer
14. Spread the Feeling

1-5 inarguably classic
6-9 arguably classic
10-12 I’m a completist and these are worth the time
13-14 eh

Agree with your #1, while #s 6 & 5 would be my 2 & 3 spots. “How to Live Alone” and “Baby in Two” are catalog highlights for me.

https://rogerlion.bandcamp.com/album/roger-lion Guessing this would slot in around 12?

https://joepernice.bandcamp.com/music - It could Be Magic and It Feels Good When I Stop would slot at the end for me.

Agree with your #1, while #s 6 & 5 would be my 2 & 3 spots. “How to Live Alone” and “Baby in Two” are catalog highlights for me.

https://rogerlion.bandcamp.com/album/roger-lion🕸 Guessing this would slot in around 12?

https://joepernice.bandcamp.com/music🕸 - It could Be Magic and It Feels Good When I Stop would slot at the end for me.

My top 5 is also a reflection of when I was deepest into him - probably 98-01. Adored Mass/Overcome. Chappaquiddick and Big Tobacco were new releases at the peak of my fandom. By the time of The World Won’t End and the string of PB albums in the early 00s, I loved them but had five other albums I’d already worn out, so it was hard for me to fully rate them above the others although I know a lot of folks do.

At some point early on I went back to the Early Year and felt like those two albums were an otherworldly revelation, thanks in no small part to the other songwriter who feels like a lost genius! (Truthfully I’ve never been 100% certain of which guy was the other primary songwriter, but I don’t think anyone in that band went on to other things… did they?) Even his one song on Massachusetts is a highlight on an album full of highlights. Anyway, those albums have such a unique feel and are a perfect late night/lights low/drinking alone soundtrack.

thanks for the recommendations!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p8fglFPGHo

I like when the choir backing vocals come in on this new Pernice Brothers song “The Purple Rain” , but am not wowed by Joe’s folky acoustic guitar and vocals on this ( on first listen. Maybe it will grow on me)

After some activity in this thread for a bit, the album actually came out and generated zilch in terms of commentary here.

It’s… okay. Something about his voice has changed in his later years. On the 90s/00s albums his voice was so beautifully smooth. Something about his tone is just slightly grating now, especially when he goes for higher notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp2Uenox4TM

Was obsessed with Crestfallen in the late 90s, which came on a free Vox CD. Somehow never listened to anything else!

Start with "Overcome By Happiness" and keep going, first 4 are all great.