The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Buffalo Bar, London

If you’ve ever hankered after a world where it is forever 1987 – where grunge, acid house and even Riot Grrrl never happened – come to a Pains Of Being Pure At Heart gig.

The New York quartet offer an unashamed rerub of C86-esque indie-pop as was carved in stone by The Wedding Present way back when, and crikey they do it well.

‘This Love Is Fucking Right’ and (yes indeed) ‘Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan’ place them assuredly alongside Los Campesinos! as fellow torch-bearers of The New Jangle. Welcome, friends.

Charlie Ivens

Originally published on the-fly.co.uk