Pernice Brothers

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Name = Pernice Brothers


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Origin = Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
Genre = Indie rock, alternative pop, chamber pop
Years_active = 1997–present
Label = Sub Pop, Ashmont
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Current_members = Joe Pernice
James Walbourne
Patrick Berkery
Peyton Pinkerton
José Ayerve
Bob Pernice
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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.

Discography

Chicken Wire

In May 2007, the Pernice Brothers' song "Chicken Wire," from their 1998 debut album "Overcome by Happiness", was named the #1 Most Exquisitely Sad Song in the Whole World by AOL Music. [ cite web | url =http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/03/the-25-most-exquisitely-sad-songs-in-the-whole-world-no-25/ | title = The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World | work = Spinner | accessdate = 2007-08-05 | date = 2007-05-03 ]

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)

EPs

*"Australia Tour EP 2002" (Ashmont Records; live; EP; 2002)

References

External links

* [http://www.pernicebrothers.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.ashmontrecords.com/ Ashmont Records official website]
* [http://beingtheremag.com/feature.php?issue=21&id=309 Being There Magazine interview, October 2006]