The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong – review

(Fortuna POP!)The Brooklyn indiepop bands who emerged a couple of years ago are now facing the same test their British mid-80s forebears faced and, in the main, failed: how do you build a career when your very reason for being was to make a single statement in opposition to the pop culture around you? The Pains of Being Pure at Heart opt to adapt, drafting in producer Flood and mixer Alan Moulder to polish and shine their second album. They nearly succeed: the title track is a valiant attempt a...

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