Music Review

Live a Little (2006)

Reviewed by Sean Howe | Oct 09, 2006

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EW's GRADE

A-

Details Release Date: Oct 03, 2006; Lead Performance: Pernice Brothers; Genre: Pop

$PERNICE RETURN Less fussiness about the production enables the Brothers\' latest songs to Live a Little Pernice Brothers$

Image credit: Pernice Brothers: Seth Kaye

PERNICE RETURN Less fussiness about the production enables the Brothers' latest songs to Live a Little

Since Joe Pernice abandoned the country-rock of Scud Mountain Boys for the Bacharachian pop of Pernice Brothers, increasing polish has threatened to sterilize the dark ambiguity of his songs. So it's a delight to report that Live a Little — despite kicking off with a song called ''Automaton'' — finds Pernice throwing off the shackles of overenunciation and fussy production. Grand piano, strings, and horns actually soften the edges of their metronomic precision, and the track about a relationship-salvaging road trip even erupts with handclaps.

Originally posted Oct 06, 2006 Published in issue #901-902 Oct 13, 2006 Order article reprints

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