the pains of being pure at heart

Not only do i love this band’s name, but they also make some of the bets music I’ve heard from a band that i found in another blog since Internet Forever. The Pains of being Pure at Heart are an amazing 4 piece from New York, their debut, eponymous album is out now, and it’s got the kind of dreamy quality that you wouldn’t expect from the big apple. I don’t ereally know what to compare it to – it’s got a little bit of 1980’s madchester pop in there (but in a good way, not in a happy monday kind of way), but that’s only a hint – and I mean a hint – of their overall sound. they have similar qualities to Times New Viking and No Age (but without a tenth as much feedback) and even a bit of Sonic Youth. The best thing you can do is find out for yourself, really. here’s a video for ‘Everything with you’:

They’ve got a lot of stuff to download from all over the place at the minute, but here’s a link to some of their music that you should probably get yrself. It includes my personal favourite, the excellently named ‘things that wouldn’t make your parents proud’ amongst others like ‘young adult friction’. I can’t remember where I found this, but here’s a mediafire link. Dunno if they’re proper files or what, let us know if you want me to take them down:

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They’re playing a load of tour dates all over the place at the minute playing with, amongst others, the amazing Vivian Girls. here’s something copied and pasted from their website incase you can’t be bothered to click over there yourself:

2009 Tour Dates
4/24 – Wallingford, CT – Wallingford American Legion (All Ages) – tickets
4/25 – Ithaca, NY – Risley Hall – Cornell University (All Ages)
4/26 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Hall – tickets
4/27 – Rochester, NY – The Bug Jar – tickets
4/28 – Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace# – tickets
4/29 – Pontiac, MI – The Pike Room at Crofoot# – tickets
4/30 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern# – tickets
5/01 – Columbus, OH – The Summit# – tickets
5/02 – Nashville, TN – The End#
5/03 – Atlanta, GA – Earl (18+)# – tickets
5/04 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 (18+)# – tickets
5/05 – Baltimore, MD – Talking Head Club (All Ages)# – tickets
5/06 – Philadelphia, PA – The Barbary (All Ages, Early)# – tickets
5/07 – Lemoyne, PA – Champion Ship (All Ages) – tickets
5/12 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom (18+)# – Sold Out
5/14 – Great Escape Festival @ Pavilion Plan B
5/15 – London, UK – The Lexington – tickets
5/16 – London, UK – Brixton Windmill – Sold Out
5/17 – Leicester, UK – The Musician – tickets
5/18 – Wrexham, UK – Central Station – tickets
5/19 – York, UK – The Duchess – tickets
5/20 – Glasgow, UK – Nice and Sleazy – tickets
5/21 – Leeds, UK – Cockpit – tickets
5/22 – Manchester, UK – Chorlton Irish Centre – tickets
5/23 – Bristol, UK – Dot to Dot Festival – tickets
5/24 – Nottingham, UK – Dot to Dot Festival – tickets
5/25 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix – tickets
5/26 – Paris, France – Batofar – tickets
5/27 – Toulouse, France – Le Cri De La Moutte – tickets
5/28 – Montpellier, France – Rock Store – tickets
5/29 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Festival – tickets
5/31 – Ravenna, Italy – Hana Bi*
6/01 – Milan, Italy – La Casa 139*
6/02 – St Gallen, Switzerland – Palace*
6/03 – Munich, Germany – 59 to 1 – tickets
6/04 – Koln, Germany – Blue Shell – tickets
6/05 – Berlin, Germany – NBI Club – tickets
6/06 – Hamburg, Germany – Knust – tickets
6/07 – Utrecht, Holland – Ekko- tickets
6/08 – Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso- tickets
6/09 – London, UK – Madame Jojos – Whiteheat – tickets
6/10 – London, UK – Cargo – Sold Out
6/11 – Oxford, UK – Jericho Tavern – tickets
6/12 – Cambridge, UK – Soul Tree – tickets
6/13 – Southampton, UK – Joiners Arms – tickets
6/14 – UK Isle of Wight Festival – Big Top Stage – tickets
6/18 – New York, NY – Cake Shop w/ Crystal Stilts

7/04 – Denmark – Roskilde Festival
7/05 – France – Eurokeennes Festival
7/10 – New York, NY – South Street Seaport
7/18 – Chicago, IL – Union Park – Pitchfork Music Festival
7/20 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo % (All Ages) %
7/21 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop (All Ages) %
7/23 – Portland, OR – Backspace (All Ages) %
7/24 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret (19+) %

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*Vivian Girls
%Girls

Enjoy. Tomorrow I’ll be more mainstream, probably