Track Listing

1. Everyone Else Is Evolving
2. Solitary Swedish Houses
3. Courage Up
4. The Two Of You Sleep
5. Breakneck Speed
6. Theme To An Endless Bummer
7. Up In Michigan
8. Hundred Dollar Pocket
9. Nobody's Watching
10. Knights Of The Night Vol.1
11. Leave Me Alone
12. Kidney Shaped Pool

Product Details

• Released on: 2000-01-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

From Amazon.com
If there were ever a candidate for Zoloft, it would be Joe Pernice. His gloomy funk has persisted through three Scud Mountain Boys albums, one Pernice Brothers CD, and now it pervades his newest project, Chappaquiddick Skyline. "I hate my life," he croons in his broken wisp of a voice, just to set the record straight in the opener "Everyone Else Is Evolving." In case you don't get the message that he's a glass-half-empty person, he furthers his world-weary view on "Theme to an Endless Bummer" and the New Order cover "Leave Me Alone." On "Up in Michigan" he sings, "I'm going to break you down / you look so tired in your clothes." Bummer indeed. So, unless your bookshelf is stocked with Sylvia Plath and the gas in your oven is turned on, why bother listening to Chappaquiddick Skyline? Because Pernice's blue mood is equaled by his ability to write stunningly beautiful songs. His breathy voice is lovely, his melodies uplifting, his sparse arrangements evocative and haunting. Depression has never sounded so inviting. --Tod Nelson