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The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

American indie pop band

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an American indie pop band from New York City. The band was formed by Kip Berman, Peggy Wang, Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums) in 2007.

Their current lineup includes all original members, along with longtime touring guitarist Christoph Hochheim and Brian Alvarez, who has served as the band's touring drummer in place of Feldman, who remains involved with the band offstage after the band's Spain and Portugal tour in 2025.

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The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

what: a band
from: New York
since: 2007
on the air here: 1 song

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members: Kurt Feldman, Kip Berman, Alex Naidus, Christoph Hochheim, Jen Goma, Peggy Wang

formed in: New York City

labels: Slumberland Records

genres: indie pop, noise rock

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Formation and early years (2007–2012)

Kip Berman, lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter, grew up in Philadelphia, but moved to Portland, Oregon, where he lived for several years. Berman played in numerous bands during that time. After finishing his college degree at Reed College, he moved to New York City, where he met Alex Naidus. The two bonded over their adoration for music, and their similar upbringing. Bands such as Smashing Pumpkins, The Field Mice, Black Tambourine, and Nirvana helped to establish the two as friends. Soon after, the trio played at the birthday party of friend and bandmate Peggy Wang. According to the musicians, they played "five songs in ten minutes, and the song names were longer than the songs". Using a backing track as a drummer, half of...

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Reformation (2024–present)

On August 16, 2024, the band announced that they would reform to celebrate the 15-year-anniversary of their debut album by touring Spain and Portugal in February 2025. The lineup for the tour included all of the original members, except Naidus who was replaced by the Natvral's member Eddy Marshall. The tour was expanded later that year to North America and the UK, with Naidus returning to the band and Feldman being replaced by Brian Alvarez.

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Indie pop band from New York City, founded 2007. Live members: Jessica Weiss, Jacob Sloan, Anton Hochheim & Christoph Hochheim. Kip Berman announced he was ending his involvement in The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart on Facebook in November 2019. Also known as: Pains Of Being Pure @ Heart, Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Pain Of Being Pure At Heart, 澈心之痛樂團 From Discogs (free to use). Their entry