The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart‘s dreamy self-titled debut EP contains less than 15 minutes of music — more than enough to steal our pure hearts. (Admittedly, they had us from the go by titling the out-of-the-gates opening track “This Love is Fucking Right!”).
The Brooklyn trio of vocalist/guitarist Kip Berman, bassist Alex Naidus, and vocalist/keyboardist Peggy Wang-East mix sugary boy/girl vocals, Jesus & Mary Chain’s rain clouds and Darklands drum machine minus the face-melting noise, sneaker-gazing a la Black Tambourine (or, hey hey, rifle through the rest of the Slumberland back catalog to namedrop something with a bit more jangle) and punky Comet Gain(s) into addictive pop gold that locates a place beyond the band’s well-chosen influences. That said, if you’re in the mood for the brothers Reid check out the amply titled “Doing All the Things That Wouldn’t Make Your Parents Proud.” Want a little more Verve? Drift straight for the title track.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – “Doing All The Things That Wouldn’t Make Your Parents Proud”Download
This could be a fuzz pop-induced pipe dream, but we’d loved to see ‘em hook up with Manhattan Love Suicides for a post-C86 package tour?
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart EP is out on Painbow Records. Be their friend.
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THIS BAND IS FUCKING RIGHT!
This is band is not very good.
This band pwns noobs guys
Loooooooooooooove The Pains!!!!1
just got their single on cloudberry records today
goodies
STARS meets Headlights…just not that great.
wow. just what the planet needed – more mediocre crap.
As much as I like the Asian chick in the band, their music SUCKS. Sorry Peggy, you really should find a different band or consider changing your career focus.
These guys have nailed it, like my bloody valentine if they hadn’t signed to creation, indie like it should be, dreamy, swirly, fuzzy pop
i liked them better when they were called “Pixeltan”
The first of those two tracks is a slowed-down version of Abel by the National. Listen to em back to back.
Pretty catchy but i have a problem with the sound of the keys. Still quite cool tho
This is band is not very good.
Great Band
PRETTY