The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are no longer a band

Hook-savvy indie rockers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart have broken up, frontman Kip Berman announced on Instagram today. “Pains was a distinct moment in my life. I started the group when I first moved to New York and completed our last record, ‘The Echo of Pleasure,’ shortly before my daughter was born and I moved to Princeton, NJ. From that time forward, I never really felt the same - and the music I was creating didn’t feel the same either," he wrote. “But this is good, both for my heart and my music.” Pains formed in 2007, putting out their well-received debut in 2009, and three more since. Last month Berman released his first EP as the Natvral.