Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Thorns of Life, Danananaanackroyd

One of the new buzz bands around the internet these days are the Pains of Being Pure of Heart, a New York band who do 80s poppy shoegaze. They sound like Lush meets the Smiths meets some other Manchester band I didn't listen to. It could be a recipe for lameosity, but they make it work. They basically sound like being 16 and in love in 1992. The more I listen to the album the more I love it.



Also, Blake from Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil has a new band called Thorns of Life. They played at Gilman a few months ago to a very enthusiastic crowd. They sound more Jawbreaker than Jets to Brazil. J. Robbins, of Jawbox/Burning Airlines fame is recording their debut. Check out their set here.

Also, I was listening to All Songs Considers show about South By Southwest, and one of the bands they were excited about was Dananananackroyd. Horrible name, but the have a fun, punky, poppy sound. I downloaded this track.

Pink Sabbath - Dananananaykroy...