Pernice Brothers
Pernice Brothers is an indie pop group based in Massachusetts, USA. The ban… Read Full Bio ↴Pernice Brothers is an indie pop group based in Massachusetts, USA. The band was formed in 1997 by Joe Pernice.
Massachusetts-born Pernice had begun his recording career in the country-rock Scud Mountain Boys. He left the band, and most of its country music trappings, to pursue pure pop.
The Pernice Brothers also included Joe's brother Bob Pernice on guitar (hence the name), Peyton Pinkerton (guitar), Mike Deming (piano), bassist Thom Monahan, and Aaron Sperske on drums.
The band's first release was 1998's Overcome By Happiness. They have since recorded four more studio albums: The World Won't End (2001); Yours, Mine & Ours (2003), Discover A Lovelier You (2005), and Live A Little (2006). They released a live album, Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening in 2004. Pernice has also made two solo outings, one under the name Chappaquiddick Skyline.
Their music is distinguished by Pernice's silky, breathy vocals, reminiscent of Colin Blunstone or Nick Drake. He cites many musical influences: Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr, as well as Jimmy Webb, The Carpenters, and The Bee Gees. The deceptive simplicity, seductive melodies and soaring choruses of his songs also attract comparisons with the Beach Boys, Big Star, The Hollies and The Zombies. Yet the band can as easily sound like The Cure or New Order.
Pernice is also a fine lyricist (he has a master's degree in creative writing). His songwords show that Pernice can not only tackle difficult and offbeat subjects, but that he has a Morrissey-esque dark sense of humour too.
Massachusetts-born Pernice had begun his recording career in the country-rock Scud Mountain Boys. He left the band, and most of its country music trappings, to pursue pure pop.
The Pernice Brothers also included Joe's brother Bob Pernice on guitar (hence the name), Peyton Pinkerton (guitar), Mike Deming (piano), bassist Thom Monahan, and Aaron Sperske on drums.
The band's first release was 1998's Overcome By Happiness. They have since recorded four more studio albums: The World Won't End (2001); Yours, Mine & Ours (2003), Discover A Lovelier You (2005), and Live A Little (2006). They released a live album, Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening in 2004. Pernice has also made two solo outings, one under the name Chappaquiddick Skyline.
Their music is distinguished by Pernice's silky, breathy vocals, reminiscent of Colin Blunstone or Nick Drake. He cites many musical influences: Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr, as well as Jimmy Webb, The Carpenters, and The Bee Gees. The deceptive simplicity, seductive melodies and soaring choruses of his songs also attract comparisons with the Beach Boys, Big Star, The Hollies and The Zombies. Yet the band can as easily sound like The Cure or New Order.
Pernice is also a fine lyricist (he has a master's degree in creative writing). His songwords show that Pernice can not only tackle difficult and offbeat subjects, but that he has a Morrissey-esque dark sense of humour too.
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Pernice Brothers Lyrics
01 There Goes The Sun Now always, i wait for you To take this pale opaque…
07 Shaken Baby please don't leave would you stay until im sleeping ill wa…
09 amazing glow A rare and wicked skill to change the light or…
7.30 If so and so was so delightful, Go ahead, don't…
730 if so and so was so delightful, go ahead, don't…
All I Know Tell yourself nothing's happened You feel okay when you're …
Amazing Glow A rare and wicked skill to change the light or…
Automaton Blew it out of the water Out of proportion, distorted, par…
B.S. Johnson Write a book of debt everyone must pay Exact revenge in…
Baby in Two Sometimes, It's better not to know. Holdin' on to somethi…
Ballad of Bjorn Borg Sitting on the top of everything Sweetly irritate what you c…
Blinded By the Stars Comet in the sky Sear me like a passion That took such…
Bryte Side Somebody said you'd got it together As if I'd never…
Chicken Wire With a drink in her hand She will stop her car…
Clear Spot I feel better now you're gone A minute in the sunlight Can…
Conscience Clean I Went To Spain There was a night, went a year too long Heady bliss…
Crestfallen Oh I need some time to make sense of something I…
Cronulla Breakdown Even if the stars go out on me tonight Even if…
Cruelty to Animals She won't mind if the place we stand is marked…
Dimmest Star Who were you when I woke up with a bad dream…
Dumb It Down Dumb it down 'cuz I'm terrified Dumb it down for a…
Endless Supply I was so right, sitting stoned like a jewel-eyed baby I…
Ferris Wheel Bring in the new one Break off the seal I'm dizzy and…
Flaming Wreck I was so right, sitting stoned Like a jewel-eyed baby I was…
Grudge F*** Tonight I got nowhere to go And I thought that I…
High As a Kite Heavy downbeat of one and the show began London calling, st…
How Can I Compare Who isn't worse or better than they seem? The chaste, the…
How to Live Alone Simple breeze and you might blow away Simple things you nev…
Judy Tonight is long, the television's on So soft, so low She f…
Let That Show Was a time When i thought i could talk down To…
Lightheaded Fuel for the workings of my troubled mind. Thumbing "The Ye…
Microscopic View I was looking for a court to hold Hard-pressed woman, unimp…
Monkey Suit See myself off in my monkey suit each day Did I…
Number Two Little power monger, sleep tonight The city lights up like …
One Foot in the Grave I know a heavy load that drags me down but…
Our Time Has Passed hiding out from the winter sundays sleeping past the crack …
Overcome By Happiness Never think to ever look around Never see it coming at…
PCH One Let's leave on Saturday Let's leave Friday night I can't p…
Saddest Quo There's a train wreck Picking up survivors from a plane cras…
Shaken Baby please don't leave would you stay until im sleeping ill wa…
She Heightened Everything just a look can make me feel it might be worth the…
Shoes and Clothes I was won Long before you came around You nailed it in I…
Somerville I'm sick of the cynical I'm sick of the fashion show The…
Sometimes I Remember How her hair got lost in the morning light And her…
The Ballad of Bjorn Borg Sitting on the top of everything Sweetly irritate what you c…
The Weakest Shade of Blue won't you come away with me and begin something we can't…
There Goes the Sun Now always, i wait for you To take this pale opaque…
There Goes the Sun- now always, i wait for you to take this pale…
Wait to Stop It could be so easy on you You don't know what…
Waiting for the Universe With a kiss that was heaven sent And a look of…
Water Ban There's a mark on me Love song burning up in effigy Two…
Weakest Shade Of Blue Won't you come away with me And begin something we…
Wherein Obscurely Your coloured eye and a lipstick voice And a cough you…
Working Girls She summered every winter Through a calendar from paradise A…
Zero Refills Please, go in safety Know that I'd never given up on…