The New Mendicants

The New Mendicants are Joe not the truth. I sent Norman the showing its seams. The combination Pernice (Pernice Brothers, Scud demo, and he wrote back: ‘It’s fate’.... of Pernice’s melodic tendencies with Mountain Boys), Norman Blake Within minutes of hanging out in my Blake’s history in is (Teenage Fanclub) and Mike Belitsky kitchen we were booking recording a perfect match.” (The Sadies). Pernice and Belitsky dates.” For more information, please visit: first met Blake in November, 2000, The pair made their live debut ! when the Pernice Brothers opened with low-key public performances in OFFICIAL WEBSITE for Teenage Fanclub at the Astoria in a Toronto tavern, marked by plenty www.thenewmendicants.com London. Twelve years later, shortly of wisecracking banter, open- ! after Blake had relocated to Toronto tunings and sublime pop smarts -- FACEBOOK with his Canadian spouse -- as the latter of which are, along with https://www.facebook.com/ Pernice himself had done years long-established songwriting chops, TheNewMendicants earlier – the two found themselves on full display in their debut release. neighbors, and reconnected. A With 9 original tracks plus a friendship and musical partnership cover of Sandy Denny’s “By The Time formed at Joe Pernice's kitchen table, It Gets Dark,” Into the Lime delivers with Mike Belitsky soon joining the effervescent Hollies-style guitar pop duo as drummer. laced with Simon and Garfunkel- Says Pernice: “...he said we esque vocal interplay, served up should start a band together called with a side of lyrical humour and a The Mendicants. Well, I had literally delicious sprinkle of darkness. one day earlier recorded a song Matthew Fiander of Popmatters called “The Mendicant” for the writes, “The set can shift dynamically upcoming Scud Mountain Boys from stately folk to driving power- record. May God smite me if this is pop to lilting hazy tunes without