The Pains of Being Pure at Heart landed with a bookish and fuzzy aesthetic, the sound of ace indie pop students mimicking their heroes. Yet the band has been forthcoming in their love of crossover alternative rock, and on their second LP, Belong, Pains link up with Flood and Alan Moulder, the superproducers who manned the boards for a number of 90s titans– Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, U2, Depeche Mode, and PJ Harvey just to name a few. Coming after a scrappy, low-profile debut, this is the sort of power move that used to have cred-conscious listeners crying "sell-o… read more
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart landed with a bookish and fuzzy aesthetic, the sound of ace indie pop students mimicking their heroes. Yet the band … read more
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart landed with a bookish and fuzzy aesthetic, the sound of ace indie pop students mimicking their heroes. Yet the band has been forthcoming in their love of… read more
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were an indie pop band which formed in 2007 in New York City, New York, USA. The band consisted of Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), who currently performs live with Christoph (guitar) and Anton (drums) Hochheim (formerly of The Depreciation Guild, currently of Ablebody), Jacob Sloan (bass) (Dream Diary), Jessica Weiss (vocals) (Fear of Men), and Jen Goma (vocals) (A Sunny Day in Glasgow/Roman a Clef). Past members included Peggy Wang (vocals, keyboards), Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums, programming). Feldman currently works as an engineer and… read more
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were an indie pop band which formed in 2007 in New York City, New York, USA. The band consisted of Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), who currently performs live … read more
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were an indie pop band which formed in 2007 in New York City, New York, USA. The band consisted of Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), who currently performs live with Christoph (guitar) and Anton (drums) Hoch… read more