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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Group Members:

Peggy, Alex, Kurt Feldman, Kip

Similar Artists:

Asobi Seksu, Northern Portrait, Dykehouse, My Teenage Stride, Liechtenstein, Sad Day for Puppets

Influenced By:

Black Tambourine, My Bloody Valentine, Biff Bang Pow!, The Field Mice, Teenage Fanclub, The Pastels, June Brides, The Smiths, The Ramones, The Three O'Clock, Belle & Sebastian, The Wedding Present
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Biography

New York-based musicians Alex Naidus (bass), Kip Berman (guitar/vocals), Kurt Feldman (drums), and Peggy Wang-East (keyboards/vocals) came together to form the Pains of Being Pure at Heart in 2007. With its wall-of-fuzz guitar stylings and sugary pop underpinnings, the band nodded to any number of old-school indie pop and shoegaze acts, most notably Black Tambourine and My Bloody Valentine. The band recorded a few tracks soon after forming, which were released as a self-titled 3" CD-R on Cloudberry Records. A self-titled EP followed soon after for Painbow. During 2008 the band released a number of limited-edition split singles on Atomic Beat Records and Slumberland. Their first album, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, was released in February of 2009 on Slumberland and the good reviews and positive press (including a spot on Late Night with Carson Daly) made them one of the most talked about bands of early 2009.~ Margaret Reges & Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performing in Seattle in 2009
Background information
Origin New York City, NY
Genres Indie pop, noise pop, twee pop
Years active 2007-present
Labels Slumberland, Fortuna Pop!, Painbow
Website thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com
Members
Kip Berman
Kurt Feldman
Alex Naidus
Peggy Wang-East

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are an indie pop band from New York City.[1] Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label.[2] Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records.[3] The band name comes from an unpublished children's story of the same title that a friend of singer Kip Berman wrote.[4][5] The group's self-titled album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[6] On September 22, 2009, they released Higher Than the Stars, their second EP. [7]

Contents

Band members

  • Kip Berman – vocals and guitar
  • Peggy Wang – keyboards and vocals
  • Alex Naidus – bass
  • Kurt Feldman – drums

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

  • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/The Parallelograms Split 7" with The Parallelograms (Atomic Beat, 2008)
  • Searching for the Now Volume 4 Split 7" with Summer Cats (Slumberland, 2008)
  • "Everything With You" (Slumberland, 2008)
  • "Young Adult Friction" (Slumberland, 2009)
  • "Come Saturday" (Slumberland, 2009)

References

  1. ^ "Pure Energy", New York Press (2007-8-7)
  2. ^ Dusted Magazine Review (2007-10-15)
  3. ^ "Quit Your Day Job" stereogum.com (2008-12-10)
  4. ^ "The Wikipedia Files: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart on Chicago Public Radio Blog, July 21, 2009". http://apps.wbez.org/blog/?p=4883. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  5. ^ Tripwire Interview (2009-02-17)
  6. ^ Chart history, Billboard.com
  7. ^ Spoonfed Interview
  • Wong, Martin (2009). "Growing Pains." Giant Robot Magazine issue 61.

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