The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
Cool new band!
One of my best indiepop friends gave me a gift while we were on tour that accidentally involved a large box cutter-- which I only discovered was in my bag when going through DOHA airport security. Was tempted to make a "Box Qatar" joke, but security were already ominously writing my name down, so...
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
One of my best indiepop friends gave me a gift while we were on tour that accidentally involved a large box cutter-- which I only discovered was in my bag when going through DOHA airport security. Was tempted to make a "Box Qatar" joke, but security were already ominously writing my name down, so...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"We’re delighted to report that it remains utterly flawless... The riffs are turbo-charged, the choruses glisten with passion, and the crowd swoon at every single word... It’s a ridiculously exciting experience, embracing emotion as defiance. Twee as f*ck, all over again.” [Robin Murray, CLASH]
Live Report: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Garage, London | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
Memory has a habit of playing tricks on you. For this writer, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart’s debut album is a real time-and-place record, an indie pop
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December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"We’re delighted to report that it remains utterly flawless... The riffs are turbo-charged, the choruses glisten with passion, and the crowd swoon at every single word... It’s a ridiculously exciting experience, embracing emotion as defiance. Twee as f*ck, all over again.” [Robin Murray, CLASH]
This tune is like that one song on a Darla Comp (you know, *that* one), a lost él records classic, or something tucked away in the "decadence" section of Other Music in 1999.... or maybe it's just a perfect pop song in 2025. Now is cool too...
worldpeacedmt.bandcamp.com/track/marina
worldpeacedmt.bandcamp.com/track/marina
Marina, by Worldpeace DMT
from the album The Velvet Underground & Rowan
worldpeacedmt.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This tune is like that one song on a Darla Comp (you know, *that* one), a lost él records classic, or something tucked away in the "decadence" section of Other Music in 1999.... or maybe it's just a perfect pop song in 2025. Now is cool too...
worldpeacedmt.bandcamp.com/track/marina
worldpeacedmt.bandcamp.com/track/marina
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Purrfect Right Now: shirt from the Philippines a fan in Indonesia showed us - trying to made some avail in our webshop… x
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Purrfect Right Now: shirt from the Philippines a fan in Indonesia showed us - trying to made some avail in our webshop… x
Big thanks to @undertheradar.bsky.social + Dom Gourlay! X
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Metronome, Nottingham, UK, November 18, 2025
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's long-awaited reunion tour to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the band's seminal debut hit Nottingham last week (Tuesday 18th November) and Under the Radar w...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Big thanks to @undertheradar.bsky.social + Dom Gourlay! X
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Old Woollen, Leeds – Live Review louderthanwar.com/the-pains-of...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Old Woollen, Leeds – Review
The C86 revivalists fizz through their cult classic debut album in Leeds to mark its fifteenth anniversary
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November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Old Woollen, Leeds – Live Review louderthanwar.com/the-pains-of...
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Amazing Pains of Being Pure At Heart show in Manchester shot by Jim Hobbs back in 2009. The Pains are on tour in the UK *right now* and the shows have been awesome!
dates/tickets: bnds.us/gl7in0
dates/tickets: bnds.us/gl7in0
Footage from the LEGENDARY Choroton Irish Centre show in Manchester [2009]]
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You (live at Chorlton Irish Centre - 22nd May 2009)
YouTube video by Hobbsy
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Amazing Pains of Being Pure At Heart show in Manchester shot by Jim Hobbs back in 2009. The Pains are on tour in the UK *right now* and the shows have been awesome!
dates/tickets: bnds.us/gl7in0
dates/tickets: bnds.us/gl7in0
Footage from the LEGENDARY Choroton Irish Centre show in Manchester [2009]]
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You (live at Chorlton Irish Centre - 22nd May 2009)
YouTube video by Hobbsy
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Footage from the LEGENDARY Choroton Irish Centre show in Manchester [2009]]
GLASGOW TONIGHT [sold out]
Doors 7:00
Cassie 7:30
Pains 8:30 sharp - there’s a disco after, and we have to clear out ASAP.
Doors 7:00
Cassie 7:30
Pains 8:30 sharp - there’s a disco after, and we have to clear out ASAP.
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Starparade 02.06.1977)
YouTube video by BaccaraVEVO
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
GLASGOW TONIGHT [sold out]
Doors 7:00
Cassie 7:30
Pains 8:30 sharp - there’s a disco after, and we have to clear out ASAP.
Doors 7:00
Cassie 7:30
Pains 8:30 sharp - there’s a disco after, and we have to clear out ASAP.
This is an app for sharing late night van photos, right?
Somewhere in the rain outside of Liverpool.
Somewhere in the rain outside of Liverpool.
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is an app for sharing late night van photos, right?
Somewhere in the rain outside of Liverpool.
Somewhere in the rain outside of Liverpool.
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We totally love the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart video for “Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan” // DIR: Art Boonparn, DP: Shannon McMahon. A lost Pains classic, taken from their crucial comp "Perfect Right Now." Repress coming soon!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVI...
Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
YouTube video by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
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October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We totally love the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart video for “Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan” // DIR: Art Boonparn, DP: Shannon McMahon. A lost Pains classic, taken from their crucial comp "Perfect Right Now." Repress coming soon!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVI...
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So, so great tonight in Liverpool @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social . ‘Young Adult Friction’ alone should have made this band superstars. Check ‘em out indie kids (young & old)
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So, so great tonight in Liverpool @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social . ‘Young Adult Friction’ alone should have made this band superstars. Check ‘em out indie kids (young & old)
Still Ruins just dropped a beautiful vid for their massively swoony single, “our penance.”
If you dig Ice Choir, Prefab, or the fanciest of fancy pop, you’ll *love* this.
youtu.be/s7wQe1kPVYI?...
If you dig Ice Choir, Prefab, or the fanciest of fancy pop, you’ll *love* this.
youtu.be/s7wQe1kPVYI?...
Still Ruins "Our Penance" (2025 Official Music Video)
YouTube video by à La Carte Records
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Still Ruins just dropped a beautiful vid for their massively swoony single, “our penance.”
If you dig Ice Choir, Prefab, or the fanciest of fancy pop, you’ll *love* this.
youtu.be/s7wQe1kPVYI?...
If you dig Ice Choir, Prefab, or the fanciest of fancy pop, you’ll *love* this.
youtu.be/s7wQe1kPVYI?...
About to leave for UK Tour! Come see us!!!! TICKETS: bnds.us/gl7in0
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
About to leave for UK Tour! Come see us!!!! TICKETS: bnds.us/gl7in0
Here is an interview we did for our upcoming concert at Joyland Festival (Jakarta, Indonesia). x Kip
Artist on Artist: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart chats with Jirapah on getting older as a band, the NYC scene, and their fascination of the band, Geese - Whiteboard Journal
Jirapah's Ken Jenie and Mar Galo had a talk with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's Kip Berman on topics around the keeping the tempo as a musician all these years, the NYC music scene, until the band...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Here is an interview we did for our upcoming concert at Joyland Festival (Jakarta, Indonesia). x Kip
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New music vid for “Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan” // DIR: Art Boonparn, DP: Shannon McMahon
youtu.be/frVIu5YakvQ?...
youtu.be/frVIu5YakvQ?...
Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
YouTube video by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New music vid for “Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan” // DIR: Art Boonparn, DP: Shannon McMahon
youtu.be/frVIu5YakvQ?...
youtu.be/frVIu5YakvQ?...
Chris (who used to play drums in PAINS) has a new single as Vertical Man. It sounds cool, maybe you think it sounds cool?
verticalman.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...
verticalman.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...
I Don't Even Know Your Name, by Vertical Man
track by Vertical Man
verticalman.bandcamp.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Chris (who used to play drums in PAINS) has a new single as Vertical Man. It sounds cool, maybe you think it sounds cool?
verticalman.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...
verticalman.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
are
Perfect Right Now...
RESTOCK of the Monorail Exclusive edition on Mint Green vinyl
monorailmusic.com/product/perf...
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com
excited to catch em in November!
are
Perfect Right Now...
RESTOCK of the Monorail Exclusive edition on Mint Green vinyl
monorailmusic.com/product/perf...
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com
excited to catch em in November!
October 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
are
Perfect Right Now...
RESTOCK of the Monorail Exclusive edition on Mint Green vinyl
monorailmusic.com/product/perf...
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com
excited to catch em in November!
are
Perfect Right Now...
RESTOCK of the Monorail Exclusive edition on Mint Green vinyl
monorailmusic.com/product/perf...
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com
excited to catch em in November!
See you in THE MOSTROCKNROLLCITYEVER Glasgow soon, Hug & Pint w/ The Cords + Stereo w/ Cassie Ramone. Both shows sold out, hope you got tix! X
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
are
Perfect Right Now...
RESTOCK of the Monorail Exclusive edition on Mint Green vinyl
monorailmusic.com/product/perf...
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com
excited to catch em in November!
are
Perfect Right Now...
RESTOCK of the Monorail Exclusive edition on Mint Green vinyl
monorailmusic.com/product/perf...
@thepainsofbeing.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com
excited to catch em in November!
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
See you in THE MOSTROCKNROLLCITYEVER Glasgow soon, Hug & Pint w/ The Cords + Stereo w/ Cassie Ramone. Both shows sold out, hope you got tix! X
CHICAGO! UK! INDONESIA! Yer cool! Tickets here: bnds.us/gl7in0
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
CHICAGO! UK! INDONESIA! Yer cool! Tickets here: bnds.us/gl7in0
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In times with all these crazy customs and astronomical shipping costs it is sometimes easier and cheaper to cross the ocean than to order online. Home from Canada, the music weekend is saved.
@slumberlandrecords.com @chimeschool.bsky.social @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social @theumbrellassf.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com @chimeschool.bsky.social @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social @theumbrellassf.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In times with all these crazy customs and astronomical shipping costs it is sometimes easier and cheaper to cross the ocean than to order online. Home from Canada, the music weekend is saved.
@slumberlandrecords.com @chimeschool.bsky.social @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social @theumbrellassf.bsky.social
@slumberlandrecords.com @chimeschool.bsky.social @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social @theumbrellassf.bsky.social
Here is new music from Chris Schackerman, who has played in @slumberlandrecords.com Literature and PAINS! verticalman.bandcamp.com/track/shes-t...
She's the River, by Vertical Man
track by Vertical Man
verticalman.bandcamp.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here is new music from Chris Schackerman, who has played in @slumberlandrecords.com Literature and PAINS! verticalman.bandcamp.com/track/shes-t...