The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records

Slumberland Records

Slumberland Records is an American independent record label formed in 1989 in Washington, D.C. area and currently based in Oakland, CA. The label has released recordings from artists including Velocity Girl, Honeybunch, Lilys, Stereolab, St...

. The band name comes from an unpublished children's story of the same title that a friend of singer Kip Berman wrote. The group's self-titled album peaked at #9 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Heatseekers chart. On September 22, 2009, they released Higher Than the Stars

Higher Than the Stars

Higher Than the Stars is the second EP by the New York indie band the Pains of Being Pure at Heart released on September 22, 2009.-iTunes Track listing:# "Higher Than the Stars" – 3:49# "103" – 2:03# "Falling Over" – 3:11# "Twins" – 3:18...

, their second EP. The band released their second album, Belong

Belong (album)

Belong is the second studio album from New York indie band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. It was released on March 29, 2011 through Slumberland Records. The album was recorded in the fall of 2010 after extensive touring in support of the band's debut album. It was produced by Flood and mixed...

, on March 29, 2011.

Band members

• Kip Berman – vocals and guitar
• Peggy Wang – keyboards and vocals
• Alex Naidus – bass
• Kurt Feldman – drums

Former Members

• Christoph Hochheim - guitar

Albums

• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (album)
  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is the self-titled debut album by the New York indie band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, released on February 3, 2009. The album was recorded at Honeyland Studios in Brooklyn, New York, and was mixed by Archie Moore. The album was released to generally warm...
  
  (Slumberland, 2009)
• Belong
  Belong (album)
  Belong is the second studio album from New York indie band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. It was released on March 29, 2011 through Slumberland Records. The album was recorded in the fall of 2010 after extensive touring in support of the band's debut album. It was produced by Flood and mixed...
  
  (Slumberland / Play It Again Sam, March 28, 2011) (UK #109 US #92 )

EPs

• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart EP (Painbow, 2007)
• Higher Than the Stars
  Higher Than the Stars
  Higher Than the Stars is the second EP by the New York indie band the Pains of Being Pure at Heart released on September 22, 2009.-iTunes Track listing:# "Higher Than the Stars" – 3:49# "103" – 2:03# "Falling Over" – 3:11# "Twins" – 3:18...
  
  (Slumberland, 2009)

Singles

• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/The Parallelograms, split 7" with The Parallelograms (Atomic Beat, 2008)
• Searching for the Now Volume 4, split 7" with Summer Cats (Slumberland, 2008)
• "Everything With You / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" (Slumberland, 2008) (Blue vinyl)
• "Young Adult Friction / Ramona" (Slumberland, 2009) (Maroon/white swirl vinyl)
• "Come Saturday / Side Ponytail" (Slumberland, 2009) (Mint green clear vinyl)
• "Say No to Love / Lost Saint" (Slumberland U.S. + Fortuna Pop UK, June 8, 2010) (Seafoam green vinyl)
• "Heart in Your Heartbreak / The One" (Slumberland, 2010) (Plumb clear vinyl)
• "Belong / I Wanna Go All The Way" (Slumberland, 2011) (Pink vinyl)
• "The Body / Tomorrow Dies Today" (Play It Again Sam / Slumberland, July 25, 2011) (Yellow/orange clear vinyl)