Electric Picnic 2011 - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Cosby Stage, Friday 2nd September, 8.30pm
Describe in a Tweet: Sickly sweet twee pop warms our cold hearts.
What happened: As Warpaint are clashing with these noise pop merchants, the crowd at the Cosby Stage are somewhat lacklustre in number. After an extensive soundcheck The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart unleash a high tempo set that has the hardcore fans bopping away at the front and the rest of the crowd listening with smiles on their faces. Their style of music may not be to everyone's taste but if you like carefree love songs you will have enjoyed this performance. Come Saturday still stands out as a glorious, distortion ridden piece of pop, with frontman Kip Berman seemingly having a limitless supply of energy, while Everything With You deserves a place in the mixtape hall of fame. Good, clean, unadulterated fun.
Good Fortune: There's a nice mix of material between the two albums but Pains of Being Pure At Heart clearly know what their fans want. It's not all that surprising that things peak as we delve into the older material.
Evil: With the greatest respect for the band, 45 minutes is just feels like a stretch for Pains of Being Pure At Heart. Their goal is to deliver punchy lo-fi pop but after half an hour it just gets a little tiring.
EP rating: 7/10
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