'Jacqueline Susann' - Pernice Brothers

Goodbye, Killer is the soon to be released sixth album by Pernice Brothers. To me they've been trying - and failing - to match the consistent highs of their 1998 debut Overcome By Happiness in the intervening 12 years. Each of their subsequent 4 albums have featured an archetypal moment of Joe Pernice pop greatness (see videos below) but rarely have they extended themselves beyond such moments of thrilling immediacy. They lost me after Yours, Mine and Ours, a record which features the vividly bitter Number Two; "So take this, my back-stabbing pay back number, This is all mine, Cause you were my life-sucking power monger, Even still you were mine." Think Okkervil River's Love to a Monster on downers. Here's to holding grudges and a sample from Goodbye, Killer then. The album is released on June 15th.
Jacqueline Susann - Pernice Brothers