Blog: State Magazine

New York-based indie quartet The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart evidently wear their influences on their collective sleeve. Despite the 2009 release date, this record could double as an epitaph for shoegazing. Made up of guitar-reliant pop numbers, girl-boy vocals and lyrics that speak of youthful immaturity, you will be forgiven for thinking you've been here before. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart sound like a hundred other bands you've heard along the way, yet their irresistibly catchy pop has echoes of everything memorable that has emerged from the indie genre in the last 20 years. With influences [...]