Simple and SureThe Pains of Being Pure At Heart · 2014

pitchfork

“Kip Berman likes to call his own shots, preempting any sort of questions about his intentions, and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's self-titled debut let you know what kind of band they were from the jump, a ballsy ownership of their twee-pop wimpiness. Then there was the luminous Higher Than the Stars EP and 2011's Belong, an ambitious, radio-ready crossover bid whose deluge of guitars was abet”