Serial joy-mongers Pains of Being Pure At Heart from New York City take to Laneway Festival in 2012. Here’s some dumb questions they were kind enough to answer:

 

I need to dump my girlfriend, what’s the best way to go about it? (Editor’s note: I don’t really, she’s great)

Kip: It seems like your personal life is starting to affect your work.

 

Describe the ideal location to listen to your new record/any

shoegaze music:

Kip: Our record and “iconic shoegaze” are two very different things. But for

the latter, some sort of footwear retailer would allow you to gaze to your

heart’s content!

 

Name your favourite break-up song from 1985:

Kip: “Careless Whisper” by Wham!

Where do The Pains of Being Pure at Heart feel they ‘belong’?

Kip: Top of The Pops! But we’d likely need to cover “Careless Whisper” to get

there, and I’m not sure if we can masterfully lip sync that epic saxophone solo.

 

Complete this: Love is shaped like…

Kip: George Lewis Jr.’s hair (Twin Shadow)

 

‘Belong‘ by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is out now

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart play at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival in Sydney on Sunday the 5th of Feb alongside M83, SBTRKT, Active Child and many more 

 

Friday 20th of Jan: Wanna win a double pass to Laneway in Sydney? Just Tweet this EXACTLY to us @DailySydney…

“Hey @DailySydney, gimme them @LanewayFest tickets, I really want to see (insert twitter of artist you want to see the most at Laneway here!)”

We’ll pick a winner at random tonight!

Good luck!

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