The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's sophomore effort, Belong, tugs at the heart while leaving everlasting feel-good residual side effects.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Fortunately less emo than you might think. This refreshingly unassuming quartet are making some of the catchiest indie pop in the WORLD right now. I can't get enough of this fuzzy lo-fi sound, it's the perfect complement to Kip Berman's softer-than-soft vocals. The guitars slide over the top of this (sometimes to an annoying inability to hear the lyrics) to create a plush, soothing sound. They released a single, 'Say No to Love', back in June and it's been a constant member of my summer playlist. There seems to [...]
Two new clips for your Wednesday afternoon. First up, it's a band I wrote about last year, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. They're from New York, and whilst this song was out last year, they've just put together a film clip for it. It is of course their massive number Higher Than The [...]
Back when my video reviews weren' that good , I gave a listen to this very track and gave it a great score. I still feel that score stands. "Higher Than the Stars" is an infectious track with some dream-as-hell production. However, this music video is a little unexpected, and that's an understatement. Bringing a bunch of people in animal costumes-a.k.a. furries-on this video set has given the vid much more "awww" value, though. There are lot of alcoholic beverages floating about on this set, too. What happens if one of the furries [...]
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars With a new single, 'Say No To Love' on the way, here's some well-deserved promotion for the lead track off last year's EP. TPOBPAH 's self-titled debut was quite impressive, but evidently it's not just a flash in the pan - and might I add the new video's rather nice too.

New Single from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart with a video for this, the title track from their Higher Than The Stars EP. It was directed by Dylan Mulick. Higher Than The Stars (Others In Conversation Remix) [ mp3 ] Higher Than The Stars [ mp3 ]
The gang at Fortuna Pop! are distributing LP and CD versions of the latest effort from the indie shoegaze/C86 pop darlings The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, an EP called Higher Than The Stars. Versions will come in 7"...

Camino por las calles de uno de esos distritos con nombre de santo una vez más. Quiero acercarme a mi casa sin tener que subirme a un vehículo de cuatro ruedas con motor, sin preocuparme de cuánto me demoraré, ni de quién me espera. El factor determinante para mi afición por este tipo de recorridos es la sensación que me da, el combinar mis pasos de zombie adolescente con las ondas sonoras que recibo de los auriculares de alta fidelidad que me acompañan. Los paisajes y la gente en las aceras de mi marcha se mueven al ritmo [...]

Seulement quelques mois après la sortie de leur très prometteur premier album, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart sont de retour avec Higher Than The Stars , un EP sorti fin septembre. Quatre nouvelles chansons plus un remix (et même 3 autres remixs si vous l'avez téléchargé sur iTunes) qui ne font que confirmer le talent des New-Yorkais, très bien positionnés cette année pour remporter la récompense du nom de groupe le plus nul. Le style n'a pas vraiment changé, les chansons sont faites de mélodies indie pop mélancoliques avec une influence de groupes [...]

PURCHASE | LISTEN It's gloomy days like this in Northern, NJ where not only does your car get a cheap wash from all of the rain, but your head can also get a complete flush-out if you listen to the right music. The Higher Than The Stars EP by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart leaves you in a daze, filling up the room in a wall-of-sound distortion with influences ranging from The Jesus & Mary Chain to My [...]

Take me back to the early nineties please! Within one listen to 'higher than the stars' by New York pop punk outfit The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart , a ton of influences are recognised. Bright shines of new order and the more recent tones of M83 to name a few. They must be one of a handful of bands that are not pushing overboard for fuzzed out guitar sounds, that is ever so popular at the moment. 'higher than the stars' is the first track from a new EP with the same title. It starts [...]
Released earlier this year, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's full-length debut is still a hot topic, but they're refusing to let the dust settle.They've already got a new EP out via Slumberland, and you might have heard we're loving it.Here's the EP's title track:MP3: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- "Higher Than the Stars"For more epic pop from the Pains, visit myspace.com/
New EP isn't bad, but the problem with revisionist history is that it overlooks the mistakes made by those who came before

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars After speaking with Kip, we realized that this EP was something to really look forward to, as this entire EP includes new songs from 2009 darlings The Pains of Being Pure at Heart . You can't not want more tunes from these guys can you? So here we have Higher Than the Stars , song by song. This EP opens with the title track, "Higher Than the Stars." It opens with a noticeable keyboard programmed atop the [...]
True to their name, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are the free-spirited flower child of indie pop, sure to be found dancing carelessly in a sundress much like your first crush. Instead of picking flowers and sharing lollipops, they have released the follow-up to their eponymous LP released earlier this year. The Pains [...]
Track: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- "Higher Than the Stars" (9)MP3: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- "Young Adult Friction"For more epic pop from the Pains, visit myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpur eatheart.
Taken from a new EP of material for which it is named--five songs, yes!--due out on November 9, this new syrupy and noise pop-ish remix of "Higher Than The Stars" is dubbed the "Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank remix". It...

I have written about this ep earlier here on Eardrums, but now I have heard it, and you really have something to look forward to. I loved their album, but this is even more my style. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart sound less fuzzy and even more pop than before on the "Higher than the stars" EP . Don't get me wrong, – this is very much the same The Pains of Being Pure at Heart that we know and love, but they have dared to do a few changes that really [...]
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Last month I posted a new song from Pains Of Being Pure At Heart [POBPAH for short] entitled "Higher Than The Stars" from their upcoming EP of the same name. Recently, I got word that Saint Etienne [of 90s UK pop fame] remixed the shoe-gazing pop song and made it a little more accessible for dance floors across the nation. Check it MP3 :: POBPAH - Higher Than The Stars [Saint Etienne Remix] Higher Than The Stars comes out 9/22 via Slumberland [...]

Listen: Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars (Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank Remix) MP3: Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars (Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank Remix)