Spencer’s Band of the Week - The Pernice Brothers

This special Band of the Week was nearly lost to THE PILE. I recieved an announcement email about The Pernice Brothers along with about 150 spams about potential stocks, my presumably inadequate genitals or home morgage rate. Then when the album arrived, it went straight into THE PILE:

(THE PILE is a daunting place. A scary and terrible place for new bands.)

The fact that the disc didn’t have final artwork, or even a cardboard slip case, resulted in it getting misplaced in THE PILE. Then forgotten. But as fate would have it, as I reached for another CD in THE PILE, The Pernice Brothers accidentally got stuck to it. I thought to give it a chance, fully expeciting to give it the rudimentary 30-second, 3 track sampling before sending it to the wasteland of passed-on discs. However, it actually ruined my CD listening for the rest of the day: I stuck Live A Little on repeat and let it ride for about 4 hours straight.

Imagine literary smart-pop ala The Decemberists, but instead of a flair for the baroque, the music more resembles Nick Lowe on a Rubber Soul kick. You should click on their MySpace Page for samples. I reccomend starting with the album’s first track, “Automation.”
Feel free to peruse The Pernice Brothers Site as well.

(This is Joe Pernice. His brother Bob is occasionally in the band…they make good pop music. There’s much to be said for writing good pop music.)

You should probably see them live. Tour dates after the jump:

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