Discover A Lovelier You
- Pernice Brothers
- Band Name: Pernice Brothers
- Record Label: Ashmont
- Release Date: Jun 14, 2005
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The loveliest album of Pernice's pretty career.
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Between the perfect production and the genius batch of songs, [it] makes a case for the Pernice Brothers as the best pop band on the planet.
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Does rediscovering what a guitar can do count as a bold new direction for Joe Pernice? Not so much. But it adds new hues to a near-flawless batch of sorrowful pop wonders, and ups the power of one of the best songwriters of his era.
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90No one can breath breezy, sun-splashed melodies into three-minute fits of aggravation and despair quite like songwriting maestro Joe Pernice.
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83You just wonder how songs this miserable can sound so excruciatingly gorgeous. [Jul 2005, p.104]
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Discover A Lovelier You is as good an album as any in Joe Pernice’s discography.
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Brilliantly beautiful. [#10, p.113]
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80At times it resembles a dream playlist from some forgotten '70s FM station. [Jul 2005, p.94]
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As a collection of stunning, yet unassuming, pop songs it fits in nicely with the Pernice oeuvre.
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Especially laid-back. [8 Jul 2005, p.68]
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70A compelling exercise in craft. [Jul 2005, p.96]
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70Pernice's neuroses sound as compelling as ever. [Jul 2005, p.121]
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70Less lush than their previous affairs, but still rich in Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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Discover a Lovelier You is a modest triumph, and certainly not indicative of the group’s best work.
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65The album succeeds in creating a dreamy mood that is both soothing and slightly unsettling. And yet this mood is relentless, and, ultimately, all the songs begin to sound the same.
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65Yes, the album sounds beautiful - there's little doubt about that - but living solely on a good sound isn't enough.
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An album that does the exact same thing as their previous records, only not as well.
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If the songs go down too easy, that's part of the deal -- monster hooks or guitar freakouts would only upset the balance Pernice has taken a decade to perfect.
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60Discover a Lovelier You will certainly satisfy Pernice's empathetic fan base, but when all is said and done, its highlights aren't nearly as insistently obvious as the Brothers' paramount achievements.
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58Discover a Lovelier you isn't really even a bad album, only unremarkably OK.
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DC10Without a doubt the best album of 05. On par with "Yours, Mine & Ours" if not better than it. Great album!
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MeatBag10Pernice Brothers are right now the best band at making sweet, gentle pop music.
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LD10This is pop music at it's finest. This band needs to blow up.