Joe Pernice - It Feels So Good When I Stop

Rather  than  do  a  reading-only  tour  for  the  book  and  a music-only
tour for the album, Joe Pernice decided to mash the two together,
and  combine  reading  sections  of  the  book  with  performing  songs
from the book / album.

In  the  vein of Nick Hornby’s  ‘High Fidelity’, Pernice’s debut  is  a
coming-of-age  tale  for  the modern-day  slacker, and an unlikely  love
story with a masculine perspective, but with a mordant humour and
unexpected warmth  that will resonate with male and  female readers
alike.  Set  to  a  carefully  curated  soundtrack  of  Nick  Drake,  The
Pogues, and Peter Frampton,  ‘It Feels So Good When I Stop’
is  the  story  of  a  deeply  flawed  but  irrepressibly  likeable  hero
stumbling  towards  adulthood,  learning  about  heartbreak  and
redemption, and struggling to love and commit on his own terms.

A  must  for  any  Pernice  Brothers  and  Scud  Mountain  Boys
fan.

Pernice  is a  ravenous  fan of popular music, and you can hear every
one  of his heroes  in  his  songs. He  reels off names  enthusiastically:
early  R.E.M.,  Big  Country,  The  Cure,  New  Order,  Elvis
Costello,  Burt  Bacharach,  Dinosaur  Jr.  and  The  Beatles,  of
course, whose heady hooks are the blueprint for Pernice's.

Tracklisting:

Found A Little Baby (Plush) * Go To Pieces (Del Shannon) *
I’m Your Puppet (James & Bobby)  * Soul & Fire (Sebadoh) *
Chevy Van (Sammy Johns) * Tell Me When It’s Over (The Dream) *
Chim Chim Cheroo (Dick Van Dyke) * Black Smoke, No Pope (The Young) *
That’s How I Got To Memphis (Tom) *Hello It’s Me (Todd Rundgren)

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