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Early ’90s Revivalism: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Big Troubles, and Yuck

Early ’90s Revivalism: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Big Troubles, and Yuck Imagine you’re at bar trivia and you receive three clues: 1) This band’s album was produced by the same guy who produced The Smashing Pumpkins. 2) This band is named after heart-ache. 3) This band sings things like “Tell me again what the bodies for/ ‘cause I can’t feel it anymore/ I want to hurt like it did before.” When did this band make music? The answer has to be the early ‘90s, when angst ruled the airwaves and guitars were the instrument for deep introspection. But the band, The Pains of Being Pure at [...]