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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
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With their wall-of-fuzz guitar stylings and sugary pop underpinnings, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart nod to any number of old-school indie pop and shoegaze acts most notably Black Tambourine and My Bloody Valentine. New York-based musicians Alex Naidus (bass), Kip Berman (guitar/vocals), Kurt Feldman (drums) and Peggy Wang (keyboards/vocals) came together to form the Pains of Being Pure at Heart in 2007. 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.
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After the release of the summer 2010 single Say No to Love, legendary producers Flood (Smashing Pumpkins) and Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine) were hired to give the band a slicker and more powerful sound. The resulting album Belong was released by Slumberland in March of 2011. With the departure of original keyboardist Peggy Wang and bassist Alex Naidus, Berman brought together a refreshed line-up — which featured A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s Jen Goma and brass player Kelly Pratt alongside Feldman — to record the album with Andy Savours (My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Rós). The resulting Days of Abandon was released by their new label, Yebo Music, in 2014.
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