The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong – review

(Play It Again Sam)The Brooklyn quartet's 2009 debut was a nicely judged homage to the wimpier strains of late-80s indie pop, twee as a polka-dot hairclip but with enough shimmering guitars and boy-girl harmonies to win hearts. They've beefed up and bulked out a little for this follow-up; U2 and Nine Inch Nails producer Flood directs proceedings and the grungier guitars of the title track take their cue from Smashing Pumpkins' more blissed-out moments. But giddy hooks and teenage longing still p...

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