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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nirvana, Caroline Polachek and Black Tambourine. Those roots explain a lot about how The Pains of Being Pure at Heart arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Radio Dept., Black Tambourine, Yuck, Camera Obscura and Rocketship, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Surfer Blood, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, reaching back through Nirvana and forward to Surfer Blood. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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 connections
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart grew out of Nirvana, Caroline Polachek and Black Tambourine, shares an orbit with The Radio Dept., Black Tambourine, Yuck and Camera Obscura, went on to shape Surfer Blood. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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