The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have announced reunion shows to celebrate 15 years since their debut album.
It will be their first show since splitting up five years ago, and they’re set to play their self-titled debut in its entirety, as well as some other rarities from that era.
The band officially announced that they had broken up in November 2019, with frontman Kip Berman writing on Instagram that his life had “changed radically” since the band first formed in 2007 and that he had decided to focus on other projects.
Now, they have announced that they will be getting back together for a series of shows to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their first record, with all the original band members on the tour, except Alex Naidus – who has just become a father.
The shows will take place in Spain and Portugal in February and March 2025, and you can get your tickets here.
Spain + Portugal reunion shows! Get tickets here: https://t.co/aTdJgSMQbj
Playing LP1 in its entirety, along w/ some other rarities from that era. OG lineup, except Alex who *just* became a dad (congrats Alex!). pic.twitter.com/Pm6WXi423R
— the pains of being pure at heart (@thepainsofbeing) October 21, 2024
One fan replied to the announcement on X/Twitter and asked: “Will there be any UK dates?”, to which the band responded “Trying… X”.
In their original announcement post, they confirmed that the reunion tour will have Berman, singer and keyboardist Peggy Wang, bassist Alex Naidus and drummer Kurt Feldman. They will be joined by Christoph Hochheim on guitar, with Eddy Marshall filling in on bass in place of Alex Naidus.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will play:
FEBRUARY 2025
19 – Porto, Mouco
20 – A Coruna, Garufa Club
21 – Oviedo, Almacenes
22 – Tarragona, Sala Zero
23 – Madrid, Lula Club
24 – Sevilla, Sala X
26 – Murcia, Sala R.E.M.
27 – Valencia, 16 Toneladas
28 – Barcelona, Razzmatazz 2
MARCH
1 – Zaragoza, Las Armas
2 – San Sebastian, Dabadaba
Writing about the band’s debut album in a four star review, NME said: “This time last year it was as if someone had been leaving copies of ‘Graceland’ in every thrift-store in Brooklyn. Now it seems like someone has come across a job lot of NME’s legendary ‘C86’ tape of fey indie bands, because they’re all at it – Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and now this lot.
“Everything from the oh-so-twee name to singer Kip Berman’s affected English accent screams wrong, but it sounds so right; a bit of Mary Chain here, a withering Moz-esque turn of phrase there and a lot of early, jangly My Bloody Valentine everywhere else. But it’s much more than the sum of its parts and too effortlessly effervescent to be studied. Pure indie-pop to hold close to your heart.”
