#659: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Echo of Pleasure

Fittingly for a band of their name, New York’s The Pains of Being Pure At Heart have never been a band to shy away from sentimentalism. Over the course of their ten year career the band, brainchild of founding and only permanent member Kip Berman, have made a name for themselves thanks to the C86 inspired jangle of early releases, as well as the more nuanced contemporary pop of  2014’s Days of Abandon.

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