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Critical Influences: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

By Stewart Mason

In an exclusive interview with Critical Mob's Chris Payne, Kip Berman, singer/guitarist of Brooklyn's own The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, talks extensively about his band's myriad influences and why he doesn't mind getting compared to his favorite bands: "We are sort of the opposite of competitive, and hope people that love music have the opportunity to discover as much of the stuff they (and we) like as possible. I mean, that's how we learned about things." In that inclusive spirit, Kip shared a list of some of his favorite artists and labels, self-deprecatingly claiming "You'll see where we get all our best ideas."

CRITICAL LIST

Love At Absolute Zero

My Favorite

Sunny Sundae Smile

My Bloody Valentine

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness

Rocketship

Realistes

Comet Gain

Sittin Pretty

The Pastels

Foxheads Stalk This Land

Close Lobsters

Bubblegum Perfume

Felt

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

Black Tambourine

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