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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are pleased to announce a new 7" single on Play It Again Sam featuring covers of two of their favorite bands ever, The Magnetic Fields and East River Pipe. The single marks the first new recordings from the band since their 2011 album, Belong, and will be available in limited quantities on olive green vinyl on October 29th and download from October 9th. The single was recorded in June at Rare Book Room, and features "Jeremy" by The Magnetic Fields as the A-side with "My Life is Wrong" by East River Pipe on the flip.
Peggy Wang of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart explains her personal connection to The Magnetic Fields:
The single is released to coincide with the bands tour of Europe through October and November, all dates and details below.
Peggy Wang of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart explains her personal connection to The Magnetic Fields:
"The Magnetic Fields were a band without context. …I can look back at the time and see how the Magnetic Fields were a band that could exist outside of a context and still make me fall in love with them. I didn’t need to know if they were anyone else’s favorite band, I didn’t need to know what they looked like or where they were from or any frivolous details a hypothetical Tigerbeat interview might have divulged to me. The Magnetic Fields might have been the last band I ever unconditionally loved without ever stopping to try to understand why - just the kind of love story I hoped to one day live through."On the topic of East River Pipe's "My Life is Wrong," The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's Kip Berman says:
"Sure, it had all the prerequisites of this particular strain of indiepop -- jangly guitars, the tinny kick and snare of a drum machine, and and an intimate vocal delivery intended for living rooms and campus rec centers, not big rock clubs or arenas. But where many of F.M. Cornog’s peers sang gently about gentle things -- unrequited love or social discomfort -- his understated voice evoked a sense of grand ambition thwarted ('God knows I tried to live, this is all there is'). I heard a man striving for something far greater than he knew he could ever achieve, emerging from defeat with this undeniable pop gem as recompense for his struggle."The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have always been quick to share their enthusiasm for all the great bands who inspire them to make music, and with this great, rocking single we see them very concretely pay tribute to two of the finest song-writers in contemporary indie music.
The single is released to coincide with the bands tour of Europe through October and November, all dates and details below.
- Oct 14 Oran Mor, Glasgow, United Kingdom Buy
- Oct 15 Ruby Lounge, Manchester, United Kingdom Buy
- Oct 16 Dingwalls, London, United Kingdom Buy
- Oct 18 Stereolux, Nantes, France Buy
- Oct 19 Le Trabendo, Paris, France Buy
- Oct 20 LA CHAPELLE DES TRINITAIRES, Metz, France Buy
- Oct 21 L'Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, France Buy
- Oct 23 Astoria City, Turin, Italy
- Oct 24 Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, Italy Buy
- Oct 26 Covo Club, Bologna Bo, Italy
- Oct 27 Looop, Padova, Italy Buy
- Oct 29 Mascotte Club, Zurich, Switzerland Buy
- Oct 30 Kino Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia Buy
- Oct 31 Szene, Vienna, Austria Buy
- Nov 01 Ahoi! pop 2012, Linz, Austria Buy
- Nov 03 Musikkantine, Augsburg, Germany Buy
- Nov 04 Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic Buy
- Nov 05 Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany Buy
- Nov 06 Bi Nuu, Berlin, Germany Buy
- Nov 07 Atlas, Århus C, Denmark Buy
- Nov 08 Debaser, Malmo, Sweden Buy
- Nov 09 Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg, Sweden Buy
- Nov 10 Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden Buy
- Nov 12 Kojaamo, Helsinki, Finland Buy
- Nov 13 Be Cool, Barcelona, Spain Buy
- Nov 14 Be Cool, Barcelona, Spain Buy
- Nov 15 Sala López, Zaragoza, Spain Buy
- Nov 16 Nave de Musica, Madrid, Spain Buy
- Nov 17 Casa Da Musica, Porto, Portugal Buy
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