The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart "s/t" (2009)

Ah, dream pop - you get me every time. Especially when you're done this well. New York's Pains of Being Pure at Heart have had the internet going crazy in the eleven days we've called 2009, so much - in fact, that I feel a little late on posting anything about them. But I'm doing this because if there's one new record you must hear so far this year - I'm going with this. Fuzzy guitars take the lead here over popped out rhythms that are glued together by the back-and-forth of dreamed-out male/female vocals. The interesting thing about this album to me is that everyone who talks about it has a different favorite song off it. Start to finish - it's that good. The record comes out on Slumberland Feb 3 and you can cop that shit here.

East Coast dates including Philly and NYC in February listed on their myspace.

Video below. Album link in the comments. Enjoy!