Kip Berman’s Brooklyn indie-pop group the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have been away for a while, but they’re back this spring with their new album Days Of Abandon, and first single “Simple And Sure” is an absolute ray of sunshine. The song’s new BANGS-directed video is built on the idea of live...

Last weekend was the second annual Baltimore Popfest, and the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart were the headliners for the event. The band played an hourlong set that was mostly composed of new songs from their upcoming third LP Days Of Abandon, including the previously heard “Art Smock” and “Simple And Sure.”...

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, the Brooklyn masters of ’90s-style indie-pop, went a little bleary on their last album, 2011′s shoegaze/dream-pop-influenced Belong. But on their forthcoming third LP, the just-announced Days Of Abandon, they’ve gone a different direction. In a press release, frontman Kip Berman say...

Belong, the sophomore album from the great New York indie-pop band the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, came out way the hell back in 2011, and I think I speak for all of us when I say that a new Pains album would go down really well right about now. And lucky us: That [...]

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart released their shimmering sophomore set Belong more than two years ago, but directors Brad and Brian Palmer’s video for the title track hadn’t surfaced until frontman Kip Berman posted it on his Tumblr this morning. The stark black and white cinematography has little in common with producers F...