Blog: This Music Wins

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's latest installment, the Higher Than The Stars EP is an altogether much more electronic affair than anything they've released before ( s/t album review from this February ) - the overdriven guitars however still pulsate over everything they play, and the vocals are still dubbed down in true shoegazing fashion. Listening to this EP confirms that, despite the changes, it is still very much the same band underneath. The tracks certainly do mark a progression, but whether its a positive one I am unsure. The lead track [...]