Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Come Saturday
by Sarah Maybank
published: 5 / 10 / 2008

Label:
Fortuna POP!
Format: CDS
intro
Passionate C86-influenced indie pop on new download only single from New York-based band, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
A tingle of fizz-pop perfection so convincingly C86, we’re thinking of demanding carbon dating to confirm this isn’t an authentic mid-80's original, dug out of a crate in the back of a musty second hand record shop and given a second chance. Twenty years ago, C86’s sugar sweet girly vocals and biting Johnny Ramone guitars were a back-to-pop-basics reaction to bloated Thatcherite chart fodder. While this may have to dodge its way past the originality police to find its way into your record collection, there’s not a person on earth who can’t convince us there’s not a place for folks with a tune in their heart and the passion to perform it with gusto. Right, Leona Lewis?
Track Listing:-
1 Come Saturday2 Side Ponytail
Label Links:-
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interviews |
Interview (2011) |
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New York-based indie pop band the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's vocalist and songwriter Kip Berman speaks to Dominic Simpson about 'Belong', his groundbreaking group's second album |
Interview (2009) |
live reviews |
Sound Control, Manchester, 10/6/2011 |
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Dixie Ernill watches New York band the Pains of Being Pure at Heart play a fantastic set of furious indie pop at the Sound Control in Manchester |
Heaven, London, 29/7/2010 |
reviews |
Come Saturday (2009) |
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Perfect noisy pop on new vinyl and download only single from the Fortuna POP's label's runaway success of the years, New York-based C-86 act, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
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