In the supporting slot before Dan Deacon, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart came on stage to a packed Paradiso. Having spoken to lead singer Kip earlier in the day about their love of bands like Jesus and the Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine we were expecting to be literally blown away when they picked up their guitars; but that didn’t happen, at least for the first few songs anyway. Either there were some issues with the sound technically or they chose to open with some weak and rather drab numbers. Luckily though it didn’t last, by the fourth number in they found their sound and belted out ‘Don’t Take Me Out’ to a great response and we breathed in a breath of relief.

Every song that followed including ‘Young Adult Friction’ and ‘Hey Paul’  Filled the main hall with sweet sweet distortion like The Pains of Being Pure at Heart mean to do and although there is nothing particularly original in the bands make-up or sound it awoke sugary feelings reminiscent of 80s John Hughes films where everything turns out ok at the end. I wonder if they’ll ever cover ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ by Simple Minds… think that’d be new wave, New York music heaven.

Photos and video from the Dan Deacon / Pains of Being Pure at Heart show at the Paradiso on Monday.

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