Discover a Lovelier You

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Discover a Lovelier You
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 2005
Genre Indie rock
Length40:01
Label Ashmont
Producer Joe Pernice
Pernice Brothers chronology
Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening
(2003)
Discover a Lovelier You
(2005)
Live a Little
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
Pitchfork 5.8/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin B+ [6]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Village Voice A− [8]

Discover a Lovelier You is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Pernice Brothers, released on June 14, 2005, by Ashmont Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Pernice, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There Goes the Sun" 3:36
2."Saddest Quo" 3:32
3."Snow" 3:09
4."Sell Your Hair" 3:16
5."My So-Called Celibate Life" 3:36
6."Dumb It Down"
2:23
7."Discover a Lovelier You" (instrumental) 3:54
8."Say Goodnight to the Lady" 2:41
9."Amazing Glow" 3:05
10."Subject Drop" (guest vocals by Blake Hazard) 2:47
11."Pisshole in the Snow" 3:17
12."Red Desert" 4:19
13."Amazing Glimmer" 0:26

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