Young Adult FrictionThe Pains of Being Pure At Heart · 2009

pitchfork

“I have to admit that I was at first very skeptical of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. First, there was the name. Then there was the currently fashionable influences, the tight-knit and insular NYC scene they came from, the instant crush so many music writers seemed to have on them. That stuff shouldn't matter, but it did for me, for a little while. But after spending a lot more time with their t”