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Pernice Brothers

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Genres
  
Labels
  
Sub Pop, Ashmont

Years active
  
1997–present

Record label
  
Pernice Brothers wwwpernicebrotherscomwpcontentthemesjoeperni

Associated acts
  
Scud Mountain Boys, The New Mendicants

Past members
  
Mike BelitskyAaron Sperske

Origin
  
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States (1996)

Members
  
Joe Pernice, Thom Monahan, James Walbourne

Albums
  
The World Won't End, Yours - Mine & Ours, Live a Little, Discover a Lovelier You, Goodbye - Killer

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Pernice Brothers are an indie rock band. Formed by Joe Pernice in 1996 after the breakup of his old band, the Scud Mountain Boys, and including Joe's brother Bob Pernice (hence the 'Pernice Brothers'), the band recorded their first album, Overcome by Happiness, for Sub Pop in 1998. After a 3-year hiatus (during which Joe Pernice recorded under his own name and as Chappaquiddick Skyline), Pernice Brothers returned in 2001 with The World Won't End; after parting with Sub Pop, the album was released on Pernice's own label, Ashmont Records, co-owned with his long-time manager Joyce Linehan, which in 2003 released Yours, Mine and Ours. After a 2004 tour, the band released their first live album in early 2005, Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening, and, in June of the same year, released their fourth studio album, Discover a Lovelier You. The band released Live a Little, their fifth studio album, in October 2006. Goodbye, Killer was released in June 2010. The band is currently at work on a new album, but no release date has been decided. The band's songs are characterized by lilting melodies and intelligent lyrics.

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Albums

  • Overcome by Happiness (Sub Pop; CD; 1998)
  • The World Won't End (Ashmont Records; CD; 2001)
  • Yours, Mine and Ours (Ashmont Records; CD; 2003)
  • Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening; Ashmont Records; live; CD/DVD; 2005)
  • Discover a Lovelier You (Ashmont Records; CD; 2005)
  • Live a Little (Ashmont Records; CD; 2006)
  • Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont Records; CD; 2010)
  • EPs

  • Australia Tour EP 2002 (Ashmont Records; live; EP; 2002)
  • Reception

    In May 2007, the Pernice Brothers' song "Chicken Wire," from their 1998 debut album Overcome by Happiness, was named the No. 1 Most Exquisitely Sad Song in the Whole World by AOL Music. The song describes a suicide attempt.

    Songs

    The Weakest Shade of BlueYours - Mine & Ours · 2003
    Overcome by HappinessOvercome by Happiness · 1998
    Amazing GlowDiscover a Lovelier You · 2005

    References

    Pernice Brothers Wikipedia