by Sean Lynch | Jun 25, 2017 | New Music
Brooklyn-based The Pains of Being Pure at Heart dropped the first single, “When I Dance With You” to tease their new album. Coming from the band’s fourth-full-length LP, The Echo Of Pleasure, there is a sense of the storytelling that the band brings to each track...
by Mac McGuire | Sep 18, 2014 | Listen Up
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have reached that “can’t do wrong” status with me. Their fuzzy and sometimes reverb heavy take at indie pop is near perfection in my eyes, and it may not be better exemplified than on their latest track, the...
by Ryan Wolf | May 15, 2014 | Album Review
When The Pains of Being Pure at Heart debuted in 2009, the band endeared instantly. A song like “Young Adult Friction” felt wide-eyed and wistful, vividly realized and alive with youth. The tracks on Days of Abandon, the New York City act’s third...