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Days of Abandon
Pop · 2014 · 13 tracks · 49m

Days of Abandon

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Clean, jangling indie pop that trades shoegaze fuzz for crystalline melodies and 80s-inspired sophistication. A bright yet bittersweet record for summer afternoons.

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It's like The Smiths if they were actually happy and lived in Brooklyn.

A bright, sun-drenched nostalgia that feels both sophisticated and deeply sentimental.

Days of Abandon · vs · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Acoustic Guitar+3.7σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 49m
01
Art Smock
2:16
02
Simple and Sure
3:28
03
Kelly
3:03
04
Beautiful You
6:10
05
Coral and Gold
3:39
06
Eurydice
4:18
07
Masokissed
3:24
08
Until the Sun Explodes
2:26
09
Life After Life
4:01
10
The Asp at My Chest
4:15
11
Impossible
4:04
12
Summer of Dreams
3:29
13
The Real World
4:41
Moments Worth Waiting For
The bright, punchy synth hook of Simple and Sure that immediately signals a departure from their wall-of-sound past.
The delicate acoustic opening of Art Smock which strips the band down to its most vulnerable melodic core.
The unexpected swell of brass on tracks like Kelly that adds a sophisticated chamber-pop layer to the jangle.
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