4ZZZ, Time Off and Mistletone are thrilled to present The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart on their first Australian tour! Hailing from Brooklyn, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart became one of the year’s most talked about indie pop bands with their self-titled debut album on Slumberland (recently released locally by the Lost & Lonesome Recording Co); an instant classic packed with brilliantly-executed pop gems. Drawing on the sparkling legacy of 80s and 90s indie pop, the Pains blend their rush of youthful enthusiasm with crafty arrangements, well-honed tunes and buckets of guitar racket. There is something instantly identifiable about a Pains tune, and it is the essential “rightness” of their records that has captured the attention of pop fans around the world.

Their new EP Higher Than The Stars is a four-track rush of dream pop with a blissed out dancefloor remix by Saint Etienne. Overflowing with exuberance, charm and songcraft, the Pains breathe new life into indie pop.

For this tour The Pains of Being Pure At Heart will be a five piece band : Peggy Wang (keys + vox) , Alex Naidus (bass), Kurt Feldman (drums), Kip Berman (guitar + vox) and Christoph Hochheim (guitar).

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART TOUR
Melbourne : WED FEB 17 @ East Brunswick Club w/ Crayon Fields + Summer Cats.
Tickets on sale from the venue. Presented by 3RRR and Inpress. * SOLD OUT!

Melbourne : THU FEB 18 @ East Brunswick Club w/ The Smallgoods + Parking Lot Experiments + DJs Pastry F & Tea.
Tickets on sale from the venue. Presented by 3RRR and Inpress. * SELLING FAST!

Perth : FRI FEB 19 @ Perth Festival Beck’s Music Box w/ special guest Bachelorette.
Tickets on sale from the festival website.

Brisbane : SAT FEB 20 @ The Zoo w/ Crayon Fields + Toy Balloon.
Tickets on sale online from The Zoo. Presented by 4ZZZ and Time Out.

Sydney : SUN FEB 21 @ Oxford Art Factory w/ Bachelorette + Canvas Kites.
Tickets on sale from Moshtix. Presented by FBi Radio and Drum Media.
Buy Tickets HERE!

Pains of Being Pure at Heart love from the 2009 best of year lists:
‘This was the year’s high-lonesome sound, with military-sharp melodies hiding out beneath fuzzy guitar reverb’ – NEW YORK TIMES # 4 for 2009

‘Pure indie-pop to hold close to your heart’ – NME # 15 for 2009

‘The album has more than its share of instant classics, tracks that come down from the Platonic Heaven of teenagerdom on cascading synth lines and clouds of echoing guitars; A Teenager in Love and Young Adult Friction, in particular.’ – POPMATTERS # 20 for 2009

‘While Pains’ fuzzy production and sparkly guitar jangle made them timely, the energetic-but-effortless, bright-but-melancholic hooks of Stay Alive, Come Saturday, and Young Adult Friction are something closer to timeless.’ – PITCHFORK # 19 for 2009