Long ago BTW and all-around hardworkers Pains Of Being Pure At Heart recently capped a few big months (and a zillion SXSW appearances) with their network television debut on Last Call With Carson Daly. (Well, maybe that’s considered anti-climax.) Their rendition of “Young Adult Friction” isn’t the best we’ve heard, but since it was their first time with this many viewers, and it was the great Carson Daily’s show, I can cut vocalist/guitarist Kip Berman slack for starting out nervous. Anyway, that sort of vulnerability is what this sort of indie pop is all about, no? (And this sort of indie pop isn’t usually jangled through on a late night stage, yes.) Portions of the non-baseball-cap-wearing crowd seemed stoked, which may very well have Black Tambourine considering a reunion.
Don’t forget the kids cozy at home.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart is out via Slumberland.
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I Love the Pains but this was not their best performance. Saw them in Live in Boston and they were awesome. Perhaps the big stage got to them, but I honestly feel that late night TV gigs aren’t their thing. Great way to get some pub though so that makes me happy.
agreed. definitely need to grow some stage balls – keyboardist excluded.
i guess the world is finally coming around to the 90′s sound. good stuff.
stereogum is like reading someones mother reviewing their child’s entry in a battle of the bands. they need to grown some journalistic ballz. fun to read thou, for probably not their intended purposes. sorry gum!
Carson Daly’s show is more for the KROQ, “I have no idea what good music sounds like” crowd, but TPOBPAH wouldn’t have impressed anyone on this or any other show.
makes belle & sebastian look like slayer.
This was their first time performing on tv, and they all said that it was a pretty surreal experience (or so they said later that night when they played at Spaceland). Here’s a clip of them performing Young Adult Friction at Spaceland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vs4UQGRl0
The drums sounded good though.
I love this song but it sounded like shit.
Wish them the best of luck on their next TV performance; hope they got the first time jitters out of the way.
i love the mandatory extra guitar player…ha
I really wish people would quit saying they sound like Black Tambourine. Not even close.
the pains of watching the pains of being pure at heart on carson daly