The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
“Simple and Sure”
Days of Abandon (out 4.22 on Yebo)
Remember when people used to paint TPOBPAT as everything that was wrong with popular indie? They were presented as the poster-children of the faceless brigade of spineless, jangly American Apparel rock bands coming out of Brooklyn in the late 00’s. Nowadays, guitars are about as popular as Paula Deen at Summer Jam, which makes their reverb-soaked guitars and sugary harmonies sound fresh. Guitar pop has probably never been less en vogue, but as long as there a groups doing it this well, it’ll never totally go away.
