Band To Watch: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

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" (MP3)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - "The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart" (MP3)

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.

Posted at 2:47 PM in Band To Watch, MP3
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13 Comments

THIS BAND IS FUCKING RIGHT!

Posted by: John at 08/21/07 4:57 PM | Reply
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This is band is not very good.

Posted by: anon at 08/22/07 10:16 AM | Reply
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This band pwns noobs guys

Posted by: painsofbeingafanboy at 08/22/07 11:11 AM | Reply
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Loooooooooooooove The Pains!!!!1

Posted by: painslover at 08/23/07 12:12 AM | Reply
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just got their single on cloudberry records today :)
goodies

Posted by: angelica at 08/24/07 4:35 PM | Reply
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STARS meets Headlights...just not that great.

Posted by: Frank at 08/29/07 1:58 AM | Reply
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wow. just what the planet needed - more mediocre crap.

Posted by: n.w. at 09/11/07 3:40 AM | Reply
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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.

Posted by: rick at 07/09/08 8:35 PM | Reply
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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

Posted by: martin smile at 10/24/08 5:22 AM | Reply
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i liked them better when they were called "Pixeltan"

Posted by: hema at 11/23/08 12:40 AM | Reply
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The first of those two tracks is a slowed-down version of Abel by the National. Listen to em back to back.

Posted by: g-wog at 12/01/08 9:28 PM | Reply
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Pretty catchy but i have a problem with the sound of the keys. Still quite cool tho

Posted by: ojila at 04/03/09 7:54 PM | Reply
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This is band is not very good.

Posted by: health at 05/21/09 5:48 AM | Reply
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