The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Opera House (08/02/11)
The night started off with Toronto’s own The Paint Movement, however, to my misfortune, the eastbound Queen Street streetcar was really slow and I ended up missing their set. By the time I reached The Opera House, Craft Spells was setting up. I didn’t get a chance to check out any of Craft Spells’ music prior to the show, but I was pleasantly surprised by their music. Their lo-fi/dream pop sound had me captivated from start to finish. Check out their debut LP, Idle Labor, which was released March of this year.
Craft Spells – After The Moment
I have been waiting to see The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart play for several months now. Thankfully, they did not disappoint. They started off the night with “Belong,” the title track from their latest album. The Opera House was not at capacity, but concert-goers were definitely feeling the music…singing and dancing along song after song. One song that I was anticipating to hear was, “Even In Dreams,” which they did not play. Nonetheless, the band put on a great show. Their live performance sounded exactly like their recorded albums — something that can’t be said about every musical act out there.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Heaven’s Gonna Happen Now
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction
SETLIST
Belong
This Love Is Fucking Right!
Heart in Your Heartbreak
The Body
Heaven’s Gonna Happen Now
Stay Alive
My Terrible Friend
Come Saturday
Young Adult Friction
Too Tough
Everything With You
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
ENCORE
Contender
Say No to Love
Strange
Tags: Concert Review, Craft Spells, Opera House, The Pains of Being Pure at heart
The Pains do stay pretty faithful to the recorded versions of their songs, but this is less so for tracks from the S/T record. At the Opera House these songs were notably beefed up and played in the vein of the ‘Belong’ record.