Pains of Being Pure At Heart - "Young Adult Friction"
Being an indie rock band has never been more easy, or more difficult. The Internet has made it simple for new music-makers to produce and release their songs for the whole world to see. Yet with so much music being put out there, it has become increasingly difficult for listeners to sort through the chaff.
That is very much what I want to do with this series. I listen to a lot of music, much of it crap, but with plenty of gems. If I can highlight just a few of those songs sparkling in the dust, then I have done my job.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart certainly rise to the top of that pile. While their sound may remind you of countless late 80s dreary alternative pop songs, they've managed to conglomerate all those sounds into, if not something entirely new, then contagiously good. At the end of the day good beats pretty much everything else, hands down.
Article comments
1 - Connie Phillips
Hey Mat, thanks for compiling all the hidden gems together in one column. Sort of reminds me of the Random iPod column you use to do, only these are all new to me.
Totally cool!
2 - Mat Brewster
Thanks Connie. I was going through all those songs anyways I figured it was logical to put up the ones I liked. Hopefully I keep doing each week or so.
Have no fear, the Random Shuffle will come back again...someday.
3 - El Bicho
that's part of the charm is its random appearance. some frequent writers should follow suit