Comments on: Sach O leaves his house: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Live

By: Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#50-26)

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:38:05 +0000

[…] from the reactions to my review of their live show, it’s still profoundly uncool to like this band in some circles. True, they wantonly steal from a […]

By: Sach

Sach — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:35:59 +0000

Yeah but the Stones, Zep and Sabbath started off by doing nothing more than ripping off blues bands and The Talking Heads were nothing if not arty white kids who took funk’s rhythms (though sadly not its looseness). I’m not saying the Pains revolutionized rock with their debut: it’s a catchy pop record indebted to its influence but I definitely prefer that to a band that tries waaayyyy too hard to be original and misses the mark completely. Give them time, they show a lot of potential here and they’re already expanding on their new EP.

By: Sermonator-X

Sermonator-X — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:02:27 +0000

but isn’t there something wrong when you rate their potential greatness based on what bands they rip off? I like them, but they’re not doing anything other than rehashing the catchiest bits of previous bands.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:07:00 +0000

Not me. I saw them at PFork fest, boring as fuq. If they have any melody I didn’t hear it behind the monotone drone drippy guitar banalness

By: douglas martin

douglas martin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:59:20 +0000

so, maybe you’ve convinced me to give them another chance. maybe.