{"id":6120,"date":"2017-08-15T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2017-09-01T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T18:14:13","slug":"the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-the-echo-of-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-the-echo-of-pleasure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pains of Being Pure at Heart <br>The Echo of Pleasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pains-echo_of_pleasure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6121\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pains-echo_of_pleasure.jpg\" alt=\"The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Echo of Pleasure\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pains-echo_of_pleasure.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pains-echo_of_pleasure-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>There\u2019s one sure thing for which you have to give The Pains of Being Pure at Heart a great deal of credit: introducing the most buoyant parts of \u201980s new wave and \u201990s indie pop to listeners too young to experience it the first time around. For anyone born roughly after 1990, Pains were especially powerful, becoming a gateway drug of sorts to the bright parts of The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, and the Sarah Records catalog. On the band\u2019s second and third albums, 2011\u2019s <i>Belong<\/i> and 2014\u2019s <i>Days of Abandon<\/i>, respectively, frontman Kip Berman and company paid homage to those trendsetters by crafting candy for the ears without teetering into the trite.<\/p>\n<p>However, on <i>The Echo of Pleasure<\/i>, the band\u2019s self-released fourth album, Berman has sadly made the Pains sound more homogenized. Most of the album\u2019s issues can be attributed to a persistent lack of balance and earnestness. Despite the energy exerted, \u201cMy Only,\u201d \u201cAnymore,\u201d \u201cThe Garrett,\u201d and \u201cWhen I Dance With You\u201d make for one of the dullest album sides ever recorded. The general love-interest \u201cyou\u201d is already a well-worn lyrical trope, but the Pains manage to shred it to rags in just four songs. Part of this could have been alleviated with some simple counterbalance; where <i>Belong<\/i> had \u201cEven in Dreams\u201d alongside \u201cHeart in Your Heartbreak,\u201d <i>Echo<\/i> is largely uninspired shine without any other emotional tone to make that overt brightness fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p>The monotony of <i>Echo<\/i> does break momentarily as Jen Goma of A Sunny Day in Glasgow thankfully helps out, handling vocals on the album\u2019s lone bright spot, \u201cSo True.\u201d The cut\u2019s equal parts modern pop anthem and \u201880s dance classic; it\u2019s practically tailored to Chvrches and New Order fans alike. It\u2019s a direction that doesn\u2019t deviate from the Pains formula while still sounding unique. 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