Pains of Being Pure at Heart to Play Revolver Records April 14 -- And Just Revolver That Day

With Pains of Being Pure at Heart's new album Belong garnering buzz, Phoenix record store Revolver Records has locked the band down for an April 14 in-store performance. The show is the band's only Phoenix date --they are playing Tucson's Club Congress with Warpaint the night before --making it...

By Jason P. Woodbury

March 31, 2011

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With Pains of Being Pure at Heart's new album Belong garnering buzz, Phoenix record store Revolver Records has locked the band down for an April 14 in-store performance.

The show is the band's only Phoenix date --they are playing Tucson's Club Congress with Warpaint the night before --making it Valley hipsters only chance to catch the band on this tour.

Belong follows the band's self titled debut, a blurry, lo-fi collection of classic indie pop and C86 sounds. The new record cleans things up considerably, with producers Alan Moulder and Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins) adding a spit shined sheen to the proceedings, but the first single, "Heart in your Heartbreak" sounds okay --though not as instantly lovable as songs like "Young Adult Friction" from their debut.

Here's the video, courtesy of Pitchfork.

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Jason P. Woodbury is a music and pop-culture writer based in Phoenix. He is a regular contributor to the music blog Aquarium Drunkard and co-host of the Transmissions podcast.

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