''Belong'' is the second
studio album
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by American
indie pop band
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. It was released on March 29, 2011 by
Slumberland Records. The album was chiefly produced by
Flood. The band recorded ''Belong'' at the
Manhattan studio Stratosphere Sound and Flood's
London studio Assault & Battery 2 throughout the summer of 2010,
in between touring stints.
Background
In an interview with ''
Pitchfork'', vocalist and guitarist Kip Berman explained that the band "wanted the songs to exist in an immediate and instinctual place."
He continued:
Release
In February 2011, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart announced that the album would be titled ''Belong''. On March 10, 2011, the full album was made available to
stream
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on the band's website.
''Belong'' was officially released on March 29, 2011 by
Slumberland Records.
In the United Kingdom, it was released by the
Fortuna Pop!
Fortuna POP! was an English independent record label based in London, started in 1995 by Sean Price. It specialised in indie pop music.
Fortuna POP! previously promoted gigs under the banner of The Beat Hotel and then Basement Scam at the Buffal ...
label.
Prior to its release, two singles were issued from the album: "Heart in Your Heartbreak" on December 14, 2010, and "Belong" on March 7, 2011. A third single, "The Body", was released on July 25, 2011.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performed "Heart in Your Heartbreak" on the March 23, 2011 episode of ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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''. In April and May 2011, the band embarked on a tour of the United States in promotion of ''Belong'', on which they were supported by the musician
Twin Shadow. Throughout the rest of the year, they toured Europe and the United States. In 2012, the band performed in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore for the
St Jerome's Laneway Festival
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, and toured Asia.
On April 21, 2012, the band released ''Acid Reflex'', a four-track
EP consisting of remixes of songs from ''Belong'', for
Record Store Day.
Critical reception
''Belong'' was received positively by music critics. It earned a score of 76 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", on the review aggregation website
Metacritic.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
* Kip Berman – guitar, vocals
* Kurt Feldman – drums, percussion
* Christoph Hochheim – guitar
* Alex Naidus – bass, backing vocals
* Peggy Wang – keyboards, vocals
Production
* James Brown –
engineering,
production on "Too Tough"
* John Catlin – assistance (
mixing)
*
Flood – production,
recording
*
Joe LaPorta
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Career
Born and raised in New York, LaPorta graduated from New York Univer ...
–
mastering
* Darren Lawson – engineering
*
Emily Lazar
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– mastering
*
Catherine Marks
Catherine J Marks is a record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer. She has worked with such artists as Foals, Manchester Orchestra, The Killers, Local Natives, Wolf Alice, Beware of Darkness, The Big Moon, Frank Carter & The Rattlesna ...
– engineering (mixing)
* Atsuo Matsumoto – assistance (New York recording sessions)
*
Alan Moulder – mixing
* Drew Smith – assistance (London recording sessions)
* Adam Tilzer – assistance (New York recording sessions)
Design
* Winston Chmielinski – front cover artwork
* Pavla Kopecna – photography
* Michael Schulman – layout
Charts
References
External links
*
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2011 albums
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart albums
Albums produced by Flood (producer)
Slumberland Records albums
Fortuna Pop! Records albums