“Joe Pernice sure is miserable. And I don't mean just a little sad or having an off day-- the guy is flat-out depressed, waiting for his life to end. At least this is the impression I get from listening to his records. This is the guy who once opened an album by intoning "I hate my life" over a dirge-like pop arrangement.
Perhaps he's not actually that miserable and it's just his flair for melodra”
