The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

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self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records.[3] The band name comes from an unpublished children's story of the same title that a friend of singer Kip Berman wrote.[4][5] The group's self-titled album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers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]

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Guest top 10: Hatcham Social and Grizzly Owls
Photo: Nick Gough We finally wave bye bye to 2009 with our final two wonderful guests - Hatcham Social and Grizzly Owls <!--break--> Hatcham Social Top Ten Albums These are the albums I got most interested in this year and have been playing in my earphones constantly. Not in an exact order as such…more what I thought of as writing…I usually get into a band through a...
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Polly Scattergood - "Please Don’t Touch"; There are worse things in the world then watching this Polly Scattergood video that’s for damn sure. With just her lovely self and her adorable voice she makes this video pop off the screen. The music and her beauty are obviously enough to sell this package so why mess it up with anything more creative then that? Grade: B- We...
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I was really excited to see 8 bit shoegazers The Depreciation Guild tonight when they play with super-hyped, big-thing-for-next-2-months The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at The Middle East tonight. But you know what? I am too goddamn tired to go to that show. 2 shitty nights sleep, waking up early, and two long days of work make me have almost zero desire to go out tonight. So instead, I present...
Guest top 10s: The Drums
The DRUMS give us the low-down on their album picks of 2009 <!--break--> 1. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career Camera Obscura Myspace 2. Cats On Fire - Our Temperance Moveme Cats on Fire Myspace 3. JJ - jj n° 2 4. Glasvegas - Glasvegas 5. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - ST photo: Annie Powers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart ...
SXSW Interview #1: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Photo by Chris DiGiamo. Of Kurt with the Depreciation Guild. Not at SXSW. There is no possible way to see all that you want to see at SXSW. There just isn’t. And it’s impossible to keep up with who is playing where despite ones’ best efforts so you have to just kind of wander around with very little plan and hope you find something good.  Luckily, I went to a show...
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Ellie Goulding, Egyptian Hip Hop - Upstairs At The Garage, 07 December 2009
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart We are gathered in the relatively confined space that is Upstairs at The Garage to see three acts that have been flagged up as having the potential to break out of such small arenas and dominate much bigger venues. First up we get Egyptian Hip-Hop, a very young bunch of Mancunian lads who touch on any number of musical trends, without really seeming...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart + caUSE co-MOTION + The Depreciation Guild | Mercury Lounge | 2.07.2009
The word "twee" gets thrown around a lot when talking about The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. They are cute, with tendencies towards la-la choruses and cardigans ("we have three extras just in case"). But what you don’t hear a lot, at least not yet, is how much they rock. Not the way, say, Cheeseburger rocks, but singer Kip keeps his guitar in buzzsaw mode and the...
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One quick search at Hypem reveals that The Pains of Being Pure at Heart has already been featured by just about every other indie pop loving blogger. So feel free to move on, as the next few lines will contain absolutely nothing that hasn’t been said or written numerous times before. But since this is my blog, where else would be a more appropriate place to share my 5 cents on the smashing...
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