Joe Pernice has spent more than three decades writing songs that earn repeat listens — “literate, melodic, and enduring” is how his own site puts it, and that is not marketing copy, it is an accurate description. Through the Pernice Brothers and the Scud Mountain Boys before them, he built a reputation for indie pop and chamber folk where the melodies are deceptively pretty and the lyrics hit harder than they have any right to. His new solo album, Sunny, I Was Wrong — his first full record of new material under his own name — features collaborations with Aimee Mann, Rodney Crowell, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, and Jimmy Webb. Rock historian Warren Zanes put it plainly: “Top to bottom. It’s one of the finest recordings I’ve heard in years.” Pernice brings it to The Hangar on the Hudson in Troy this Saturday, May 9.
About Joe Pernice
There is a specific kind of songwriter Pernice gets compared to — Jeff Tweedy, Josh Ritter, Bill Callahan — writers whose craft sits at the intersection of literary precision and melodic instinct. The comparison holds: Pernice holds a master’s degree in creative writing, has published a novel (It Feels So Good When I Stop), and wrote the 33⅓ volume on The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder. TIDAL called him “one of the most beloved and respected singer-songwriters of our generation.” The Washington Post described his catalog as “gorgeously lachrymose.” Sunny, I Was Wrong‘s lead single, “Deep Into The Dawn,” features Aimee Mann. Pete Mancini opens.
The Hangar on the Hudson
The Hangar on the Hudson is a live music venue on the Hudson River at 675 River Street in Troy — the right kind of room for the Albany / Capital District and the right kind of room for the quiet precision Pernice brings. Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8:00 PM.
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