“You look really tired,” I told Kip Berman, frontman of New York-based The Pains of Being Pure at Heart when I was finally able to take a good look at him backstage before the band’s Kuala Lumpur show began. Exhausted and somewhat physically drained − thanks to a year on the road and countless flights
Today, Brooklyn’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart return with Belong, their second full-length effort. The band, who found critical success with whimsical and subtle guitar-led indie pop songs like “Higher Than Stars” and “Come Saturday” seem to have found their stride in this record, which is airy and open but maintains the whispery