Over the weekend, Kip Berman of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart tweeted that he had "Just found 50+ old demos I recorded for Days of Abandon." For a taste of what he's got sitting in his archives, he's shared a couple of the tunes.
"Hell" is very different from the fuzzy sound that the Pains are typically known for. With its clean, choppy guitars and funky grooves, it sounds a bit like "Rip It Up"-era Orange Juice. On the other hand, "A Light" takes a folksy approach with its acoustic strums, simple kick drum thumps and MIDI orchestrations. These demos are fairly rough-sounding, but it's not hard to imagine what they would have sounded like with full-band studio production.
Hear the songs below. With some luck, Berman will eventually share some more of the tunes from his hard drive.
"Hell" is very different from the fuzzy sound that the Pains are typically known for. With its clean, choppy guitars and funky grooves, it sounds a bit like "Rip It Up"-era Orange Juice. On the other hand, "A Light" takes a folksy approach with its acoustic strums, simple kick drum thumps and MIDI orchestrations. These demos are fairly rough-sounding, but it's not hard to imagine what they would have sounded like with full-band studio production.
Hear the songs below. With some luck, Berman will eventually share some more of the tunes from his hard drive.
