- Record Label: Slumberland
- Release Date: Feb 3, 2009
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Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings
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Positive: 32 out of 35
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Mixed: 3 out of 35
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Negative: 0 out of 35
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The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreUniversal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings
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SeriouslyMar 13, 2009These no-fi/"noise pop" bands are getting out of control. Do we really need another one? The genre has been milked dry after only a couple of years in the mainstream. Do they have some cool toons? Sure. But I've officially lost my patience. How hard is it come up with a sound that is remotely original? I've gotta stop reading Pitchfork.
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May 10, 2011Here is a band with a lot of promise that is once again too stuck in that "I love the 90s indie scene so I obviously need to replicate it" mentality. I like some of the stuff they went for but it just makes me want to listen to the bands they like instead of them. There are some solid stand out tracks but after a bit the album sounds too limited.
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A little more variation from song to song, a little more of their own sound, or another song or two as compelling as the best stuff here and the POBPAH's debut would have been classic. Settling for impressive is fair enough and good enough for fans of loud, fuzzy, and heartfelt indie noise pop.
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The album’s accompanying trappings do little to dull its impressiveness or the band’s command of its lineage.
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They’re simply better songwriters than many others in the field, and their ability to recontextualize these sounds into something so subsequently fresh and familiar is a stunning achievement.