The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

thepainsofbeing.bsky.social

30 June 2025 16:43

Some shots of an in-store in Phoenix in 2011. In fairness this was an out-store kinda in-store. 📸: Leah

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possumfiefdom.bsky.social

23 June 2025 20:36

It still bums me out that The Depreciation Guild never really took off. Their album "In Her Gentle Jaws" was probably my most listened to album of 2009. I guess the world wasn't ready for chiptune shoegaze yet.

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suprastar8.bsky.social

23 June 2025 20:36

More shoegaze like this please, where is my chiptune-shoegaze...my chipgaze -- this is literally the only album I've been able to listen to for years that has this sound, Depreciation Guild aren't even together anymore 🥲 open.spotify.com/track/6XEWca...

Ethan Tomlinson

sweethant.bsky.social

23 June 2025 20:35

Along with The Depreciation Guild, Pains were one of those bands that I thought I'd just never get the chance to ever see. Kip Berman later said they have to be at the airport at 6 am to catch a flight for their Spain tour, so this was bold