Friday, November 30, 2018

Runnin' Down A Dream (Tom Petty Cover)


RELEASED
Full Moon Fever, 2018 (Turntable Kitchen)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
One of the songs from Full Moon Fever, covered by Pains on their full-length version of that record. One of the initial singles released from the record, it is available to stream on the Turntable Kitchen website. Most songs from the album are only available digitally on purchasing the vinyl version, at least initially. There is precedent for other Sounds Delicious releases becoming available on streaming services (as with Ben Gibbard's version of Bandwagonesque).

MEDIA
Studio/album version
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A Face In The Crowd (Tom Petty cover)


RELEASED
Full Moon Fever, 2018 (Turntable Kitchen)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
One of the songs from Full Moon Fever, covered by Pains on their full-length version of that record. Mentioned by Kip in a Billboard interview as a song produced by Kurt Feldman and featuring Jen Goma on lead vocals.

QUOTES
Kip to Billboard, 2018: "Also, a huge thanks to Kurt Feldman and [vocalist] Jen Goma for totally slaying on ["Free Fallin'"], as well as "Face in the Crowd," which is also on the album. I think I mostly just dida crossword puzzle while those songs were being recorded."

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sp3aY48bto
Tom Petty original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_umeMtV4QU&t=0s
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Free Fallin' (Tom Petty cover)


RELEASED
Full Moon Fever, 2018 (Turntable Kitchen)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
One of the songs from Full Moon Fever, covered by Pains on their full-length version of that record. Premiered by Billboard magazine as an advance single from the cover album.

QUOTES
Kip to Billboard, 2018: "The original was made at the same time as some of the greatest dream pop and shoegaze records. And it works on similar premises of layering, subdued vocals, repetition, and texture. Lyrics aside, this song wouldn't sound out of place on a Ride album. Obviously, the way Tom Petty did the song was a lot more Americanized, and the production of ELO's Jeff Lynne was rooted more in a sort of minimal, hyper-nuanced, bright production style. But it's really just three chords for about four and a half minutes; the genius of the song is that so much builds and delivers without really anything structurally going on. You could play this song if you played guitar for three weeks, but you couldn't write this song even if you played guitar for 30 years. Some people just have the light and Tom Petty was one of those people."

"In fairness, I think most of the credit for this song has to be given to former Pains drummer Kurt Feldman, who recorded this song with me. His production ideas really transformed this song into something a touch more unmoored, and brought out the more melancholic feelings and strange undercurrents of the song -- ideas I've always heard in the lyrics, but couldn't quite convey in sound without his collaboration."

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://soundcloud.com/matthew-tk/the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-free-fallin-tom-petty-cover
Tom Petty original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A
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I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty cover)



RELEASED
Full Moon Fever, 2018 (Turntable Kitchen)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
One of the songs from Full Moon Fever, covered by Pains on their full-length version of that record. Begun before Petty died and completed after, set to be released by Turntable Kitchen in late 2018. One of the covers practiced on The Natvral livestream.

MEDIA
Tom Petty original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA
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You Looked Like A Portrait (Dear Nora cover)



RELEASED
Single, (Self-released, 2019)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
A  cover workshopped publicly on the Natvral Instagram. The connection between Kip's music and Dear Nora goes way back to when The Sporting Life succeeded in opening for Dear Nora in 1999 and promptly broke up, having achieved their goal.

A studio version of the cover recorded and mixed by Andy Savours at Deep Space Recording and mastered by Fred Thomas was released in November 2019. Sarah Chihaya, who features on the album Tethers, provides backing vocals on this version.

MEDIA
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A Heart Needs A Home (Richard & Linda Thompson cover)

UNRELEASED

PLAYED LIVE
2018

FACTS
This Richard & Linda Thompson cover is one of the songs played on the debut The Natvral tour. How often it's been played isn't clear, but it can be heard in a livestream by Princeton Record Exchange.

MEDIA
Live broadcast featuring this cover
https://www.facebook.com/Princeton.Record.Exchange/videos/300328644028620/?hc_location=ufi
Richard & Linda Thompson original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxkpLilHm8
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Runaway Jane

UNRELEASED

PLAYED LIVE
2018

FACTS
A The Natvral song that hasn't been released yet. Interestingly, this was the first hint of the project, with a video from the first Natvral show posted to the band's social media profiles.
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Sun Blisters



RELEASED
Tethers, 2021 (Kanine/Dirty Bingo)

PLAYED LIVE
2018, 2019, 2021

FACTS
A The Natvral song from after the Know Me More EP era, played live (and previewed on Facebook live videos) in 2018. Released as the third single from the debut album Tethers in 2021 after being played at gigs in late 2019.

QUOTES
"It’s a song about how you don’t always want what’s for the best -- and neither do I." - Kip in the press materials around the single release

MEDIA
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New Moon





RELEASED
Tethers (Kanine/Dirty Bingo), 2021

PLAYED LIVE
2018, 2019, 2021

FACTS
A The Natvral song played at shows in 2018 and 2019, then included on the debut full-length album Tethers in 2021. New Moon became the second single from the album, and shows off a closer style to the unaccompanied pieces on the Know Me More EP, as opposed to the Dylanesque full-band sound of Why Don't You Come Out Anymore?

QOUTES
“A bright, ambitious friend of mine used to date a kind-hearted, but poor musician, at some point, their relationship ended and she went on to marry someone that offered a bit more stability — and asked me to sing a song at their wedding. I gladly sang the song she asked me to, but that experience led me to write another. I didn’t mean to sympathize with her ex — though it’s hard not to. And I didn’t mean to say she chose something wrong for herself, because she’s better suited to her new person. But I just wanted to get at that moment when you know love isn’t going to be enough, and it’s time to say good-bye.” - Kip, in the press release announcing the single
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Violet Hour



RELEASED
Know Me More EP, 2018 (Kanine)

PLAYED LIVE
2018

FACTS
This song appears on the debut EP by The Natvral, Know Me More. Unlike the other songs on the EP, which were teased or released by various means before the EP appeared, The Violet Hour truly made its debut when the EP came out on Oct 5, 2018. The song has been played live at Natvral tour dates around the release.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/EP version

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Home



RELEASED
Know Me More EP, 2018 (Kanine)

PLAYED LIVE
2018

FACTS
This song spans two bands - it was reportedly played by Kip as a solo song during a Pains encore on the 2018 European Echo Of Pleasure tour. It then turned up on the first Natvral EP, recorded in London at the conclusion of that tour. The song was teased via live video before the EP came out.

OFFICIAL LYRICS
MEDIA
Studio/EP version/official video
https://youtu.be/LHjQHvlxNtg
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Know Me More


RELEASED
Know Me More EP, 2018 (Kanine)

PLAYED LIVE
2018

FACTS
A song from the first EP by The Natvral. Recorded by Andy Savors in London, with backing vocals by Jess Weiss, of Fear of Men and occasionally of Pains. Recorded live with no overdubs. Though it's the title track of the first release by The Natvral, the official Facebook page released live videos of other songs first (Runaway Jane, Home, Sun Blisters), so it wasn't quite the first public online view of the project.

OFFICIAL LYRICS
https://thenatvral.bandcamp.com/track/know-me-more-2

MEDIA
Studio/EP version/official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSw4BuwIniM&t=0s
Studio/EP version for purchase
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The Guest



RELEASED
A Compilation Of Portland Music Volume 1, 2004 (Failing)

 PLAYED LIVE
?

 FACTS
A track on Jackie's Myspace, which appeared on a compilation of Portland bands released by Failing Records.

 MEDIA
Studio/compilation version
https://myspace.com/jackietheband/music/song/the-guest-27091556-26892741
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Colorful



RELEASED
Jackie EP, 2004 (Binder)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
As with April Comes, this is one of the songs from Jackie that still exists on the mostly defunct Myspace. It appeared on the Jackie EP, AKA the Honey EP.

MEDIA
Studio/EP version
https://myspace.com/jackietheband/music/song/colorful-29195429-29163275
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April Comes



RELEASED
Jackie EP, 2004 (Binder)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
This is one of the six known songs by Jackie, one of Kip's early 2000s Portland bands. Unlike several of the other Jackie songs, this one can still be heard easily - it's live on the still-existent, if skeletal, Jackie Myspace page.

MEDIA
Studio/EP version
https://myspace.com/jackietheband/music/song/april-comes-27089975-26891160
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Honey



RELEASED
Jackie EP, 2004 (Binder)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song from Jackie's 2004 EP. The band, a Portland group that featured Kip on guitar but not lead vocals, seemingly only released six songs to the public. The Jackie EP is available as a used CD but has seemingly never been released digitally or on any other format.
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Stars Brought Low



RELEASED
Goes Electric single, 2003 (Glare)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
The non-title track on the Goes Electric vinyl single by Jackie, a Portland band which Kip played in during 2003 and 2004. It appears this song was never released as a download or on a CD.
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Goes Electric



RELEASED
Goes Electric single, 2003 (Glare)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
One of the songs by Jackie, a Portland band that followed the starve. Kip did not sing lead in this band, ceding those duties to Travis Bonilla. Goes Electric was the title track of the band's first single, seemingly a vinyl-only release with no download.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

You And I Will Never Die

Saturday Night

RELEASED
Saturday Night EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song from the Saturday Night EP by The Starve, one of Kip's pre-Pains bands in Portland. This song is not streaming online anywhere. Is it an ancestor of the Pains' self-titled song, with its refrain about never dying? Impossible to say without actually hearing it.
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Show You How

Saturday Night

RELEASED
Saturday Night EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
One of the songs from the second The Starve EP from 2001, Saturday Night. The track doesn't seem to be online anywhere. For what it's worth, Allmusic gave it "recommended" status.
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Backseat

The StarveSaturday Night

RELEASED
The Starve EP, 2001
Saturday Night EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song that appeared on both the self-titled Starve EP and the following Saturday Night. Unlike Saturday Night, however, this song doesn't exist online in any version. Per Allmusic, the remake is "tighter and more muscular" than the debut take.
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Saturday Night

The StarveSaturday Night

RELEASED
The Starve EP, 2001
Saturday Night EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song that appeared on both the self-titled Starve EP and the following Saturday Night. According to Allmusic, the two versions of the song are different recordings. Unfortunately, since the Myspace post that still hosts this song doesn't have album art (and the two takes are roughly the same length), it's unclear which version remains available to hear today. (Speculation: It's the remake from the Saturday Night EP).

MEDIA
Studio/EP version
https://myspace.com/thestarve/music/song/saturday-night-26514759-26315944
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Pretty Lines



RELEASED
The Starve EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song from the self-titled EP by The Starve, released in 2001. One of the two Starve songs still available online, this one has vocals by Jeannine Hayes. It's unclear what ratio of songs she sang lead on, as only two examples remain.

MEDIA
Studio/EP version
https://myspace.com/thestarve/music/song/pretty-lines-26523859-26325044
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Hostage Of Love

The Starve

RELEASED
The Starve EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song from the self-titled EP by The Starve, a band formed by Kip in Portland and active until 2002. This song is not preserved online on the band's still semi-extant Myspace page.
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Friday, November 16, 2018

Boys In The Band, Pt. 2


RELEASED
The Starve EP, 2001

 PLAYED LIVE
?

 FACTS
A song from the first EP by The Starve, one of Kip's (at least three) pre-Pains bands. While some of the band's songs live on on MySpace, this one does not and is currently unavailable to those without the CD. Without hearing it, it's unclear what it's relationship is to Pt. 1. Per Allmusic, it's over a minute longer than the other Boys In The Band.
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Boys In The Band, Pt. 1





RELEASED
The Starve EP, 2001

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song from the first EP by The Starve. This was a pre-Pains pop-rock band active in Portland in the early 2000s, featuring Kip under the pseudonym Kip Manchester (Allmusic rendered it as K.P. Manchester. Typo?) While some of the band's songs live on on MySpace, this one does not and is currently unavailable to those without the CD. Allmusic highlighted this track as a stand-out on the EP.
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Queen Of Sandcastles



RELEASED
3 songs EP, 1999/2017 (self-released)
A House Full Of Friends compilation, 2005 (Magic Marker)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song from 1999, recorded while Kip was in an acoustic indiepop band called The Sporting Life. Three songs by The Sporting Life were released way after the fact, including this one. This song was part of a compilation by Curt Kentner of Magic Marker Records.

QUOTES
Kip on Bandcamp, 2017: "When I was a teenager, I had a band with the only goal of opening for Dear Nora in the ping pong room at Reed College and maybe getting good enough to play a show at the Magic Marker house. We achieved those goals, and that was it.

We got our name from the label of the shirt I was wearing at the time. Big thanks to Curt Kentner for letting us play at his house. Nicole sang "I'm Going Nowhere," which is probably the best of the three songs here. Curt put "Queen of Sandcastles" on a compilation he did of bands that played at his house."

MEDIA
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A Trivial Pursuit



RELEASED
3 songs EP, 1999/2017 (self-released)


PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song by The Sporting Life, Kip's late-90s band in Portalnd. Three songs by The Sporting Life were released way after the fact, including this one. This song, also known as "I'm Going Nowhere," features lead vocals by Nicole Wiswell, while Kip sings lead on the other two Sporting Life songs.

QUOTES
Kip on Bandcamp, 2017: "When I was a teenager, I had a band with the only goal of opening for Dear Nora in the ping pong room at Reed College and maybe getting good enough to play a show at the Magic Marker house. We achieved those goals, and that was it.

We got our name from the label of the shirt I was wearing at the time. Big thanks to Curt Kentner for letting us play at his house. Nicole sang "I'm Going Nowhere," which is probably the best of the three songs here. Curt put "Queen of Sandcastles" on a compilation he did of bands that played at his house."

MEDIA
Studio version
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Let's Not Smile



RELEASED
3 songs EP, 1999/2017 (self-released)

PLAYED LIVE
?

FACTS
A song by an early band called The Sporting Life, created by Kip to open for Dear Nora. After achieving that feat, the band split up. The group was based in Portland, as with other pre-Pains ventures such as The Starve and Jackie. Three songs by The Sporting Life were released way after the fact, including this one.

QUOTES
Kip on Bandcamp, 2017: "When I was a teenager, I had a band with the only goal of opening for Dear Nora in the ping pong room at Reed College and maybe getting good enough to play a show at the Magic Marker house. We achieved those goals, and that was it.

We got our name from the label of the shirt I was wearing at the time. Big thanks to Curt Kentner for letting us play at his house. Nicole sang "I'm Going Nowhere," which is probably the best of the three songs here. Curt put "Queen of Sandcastles" on a compilation he did of bands that played at his house."
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Suzanne (Leonard Cohen cover)



RELEASED
Know Me More, 2018 (Kanine)

PLAYED LIVE
2017, 2018

FACTS
A Leonard Cohen cover played on the Echo Of Pleasure tour as a Kip solo song to begin or end the encore. Played first in Montreal, Cohen's home city, then in Toronto and sporadically throughout the tour. The song bridges two of Kip's musical projects, as the studio version is by Kip's one-man band, The Natvral. Interestingly, one of the other artists who has covered the song is Tori Amos - her song China received another of Pains' studio cover versions.

QUOTES
Kip to Spotify, 2018: "I grew up in the suburbs with a nice mom who likes Leonard Cohen."

Kip to Radio Citta Del Capo, 2018: "I remember we played it in Toronto earlier this year because Leonard Cohen was from Canada, and he had meant so much to me and my mom, too, who was a big musical influence on me. A lot of people rebel against the music of their parents but my mom always liked things I liked too. Like Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Dylan, kinda this cool 60s and 70s rock and folk tradition that I also really love. So, we went and saw him together when we was very old, but he was amazing and I'm sorry that he passed away but he's such a tremendous artist and such a beautiful, thoughtful human being. It's a good song to be able to play.

TIDAL, 2018: Berman also recorded a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne,” partly for his Cohen-loving mother, and partly because, well, they needed one more song.

“It was almost the opposite of running out of time,” he says. “If you’re not doing all those overdubs and trying to get everything perfect, recording actually goes pretty fast. I wrote them, I played them, and it’s like, ‘Oh shit, we had more time. What else do you know?’”

MEDIA
Studio/EP version
https://thenatvral.bandcamp.com/track/suzanne
Acoustic Radio Citta Del Capo, 2018
https://soundcloud.com/radiocittadelcapo/04-pains-of-being-pure-at?in=radiocittadelcapo/sets/pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-live-2018
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Don't Go (Ramones cover)



RELEASED
From compilation "No More Of Your Fairy Stories", Precordial Catch Records, 2010

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
A Ramones cover, drawn from the sixth Ramones album "Pleasant Dreams," 1981. According to the comp notes, the track was recorded in either 2008 or 2009, and there's no record of Pains ever playing it live.

MEDIA
Ramones original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpn-_x4osxk
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Side Ponytail



RELEASED
Everything With You single, 2009 (Slumberland)
S/T album, European and Japan bonus, 2009 (Fortuna Pop!/Yoshimoto)
Higher Than The Stars, Japan edition, 2009 (Fastcut)

PLAYED LIVE
2011

FACTS
The B-side of the Everything With You single. As of this writing, there's only a record of a single live performance, in Bloomington, IN in 2011.

MEDIA
Studio/single version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uadcao7rC98
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Ramona


RELEASED
Young Adult Friction single, 2009 (Slumberland)
The Black Sessions, 2009
S/T album, European and Japan bonus, 2009 (Fortuna Pop!/Yoshimoto)
Higher Than The Stars, Japan edition, 2009 (Fastcut)
Ramona single, 2020 (Kanine/Dirty Bingo)

PLAYED LIVE
2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021

FACTS
The B-side of the Young Adult Friction single, Ramona has seen much more live activity than most non-album Pains songs. The only evidence that the song was played live in 2009 comes from its appearance in the band's Black Session. Since then, however, it has taken on a new life as a solo and acoustic number, often opening encores during the Days Of Abandon and Echo Of Pleasure eras.

The song reappeared yet again as a "cover" after Kip debuted The Natvral. It received its own studio version in a stripped back arrangement and became part of Kip's live sets again, making it unique among Pains material (as of early 2021).

MEDIA
Studio/single version
FD acoustic session, 2015
Live in Dijon, 2014
The Natvral video, 2020
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Blue Moon (Big Star cover)


UNRELEASED
NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
A home demo of a Big Star ballad, released on Soundcloud and seemingly not anywhere else. There's no evidence of Kip playing this at live shows.

MEDIA
Demo version
https://soundcloud.com/kipberman/blue-moon-big-star-cover_demo
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Gothenburg Handshake

Gothenburg Handshake (Demo)

RELEASED
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Japan edition, 2009 (Fastcut)
Gothenburg Handshake single, Painbow (2014)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
A demo recording that first popped up early in the band's run. Appeared on Youtube with footage of Pains' 2008 Sweden tour. Later released on the Japan edition of the debut album and, much later on digital platforms worldwide. It appears the brief (1.5 mins) song has never been played live.

MEDIA
Demo version/official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWHYwzSdfWE
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The Flowers Beneath Your Feet

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RELEASED
The Flowers Beneath Your Feet single, 2018 (Duchess Box)

NOT PLAYED LIVE

FACTS
A collaborative track by Laura Carbone and Pains, created after their joint European tour and live Jesus And Mary Chain cover in 2018. Thus far, it appears neither artist has performed the song live. At least as of its initial release, the song is a digital-only one-sided single, with an official video.

QUOTES
Laura Carbone, PR: "Creating this song with Kip was a new and very enriching experience for me, and it meant a lot to me to work with him and to have his absolute confidence in my view on music, sound and production Being able to record together and work between Berlin and New York will always be formative and fulfilling memories for me."

Kip, same PR: "Laura’s talent and her artistic qualities have deeply impressed me on our tour, bringing The Flowers Beneath Your Feet to a level I would never have achieved on my own – with her voice full of energy and simultaneous powerlessness in the face of unbridled desire."

MEDIA
Studio/single version/official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOqyVxEWKoA
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Monday, November 12, 2018

Sometimes Always (The Jesus And Mary Chain cover)


RELEASED
Sometimes Always single w/ Hatchie, 2020

PLAYED LIVE
2018

FACTS
A cover played as an encore song from the 2018 tour. Since the original is a duet between Jim Reid and Hope Sandoval, the Pains version is a duet between Kip and Laura Carbone, a singer-songwriter from Germany appearing with Pains on their Europe tour in 2018. Laura and the Pains would go on to release an original song, The Flowers Beneath Your Feet, but their version of Sometimes Always hasn't been officially released.

In the end, Kip ended up making a studio version of Sometimes Always with another artist, the Australian Hatchie. Hatchie's Hariette Pilbeam sings Jim Reid's part, while Kip doubles for Hope Sandoval.

MEDIA
Audience video, live in Berlin
Audience video, live in Koln
The Jesus And Mary Chain original
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Liability (Lorde cover)

UNRELEASED

PLAYED LIVE
2017

FACTS
A second-album Lorde song performed solo by Kip as an encore-opening song during the 2017 Echo Of Pleasure tour. The song was extremely newly released when Kip began playing it at shows. The same spot would be filled on other nights by such songs as "Stay" "Home" "The Living Dead" or "Suzanne."

MEDIA:
Lorde original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtvJaNeELic
Pains live broadcast featuring Liability in the ecore
https://www.facebook.com/ThePainsofBeingPureatHeart/videos/10155508979648573/
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The Living Dead (Suede cover)

UNRELEASED

PLAYED LIVE
2017

FACTS
A fan-beloved Suede B-side performed solo by Kip as an encore-opening song during the 2017 Echo Of Pleasure tour. The same spot would be filled on other nights by such songs as "Stay" "Home" "Liability" or "Suzanne."

MEDIA
Suede original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNMHjckAoM
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Friday, November 9, 2018

Violet & Claire



RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure Japan edition, 2017 (Octave)

 PLAYED LIVE
2018

 FACTS
A bonus track on the Japanese edition of The Echo Of Pleasure. An early version of the song was issued (in Japan only) through the Twee Grrrls Club, affiliated with a store in Japan also called Violet & Claire. Played live seemingly only once to date, in Kyoto. Also released as a solo acoustic video by Kip to promote that Japan tour.

 MEDIA
Kip solo acoustic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T59i5UlYZns
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Stay


RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

PLAYED LIVE
2017, 2018

FACTS
An album track from The Echo Of Pleasure. On the record it has an elaborate instrumental backing, but live it has always been played by Kip solo with a guitar, generally to start the encore.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Dq6hgxDSw
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The Cure For Death


RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

NOT PLAYED LIVE (?)

FACTS
An album track from The Echo Of Pleasure, the only one of the nine with no confirmed live appearances. There's a chance it may have been briefly featured in sets in 2017.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcY39npEnWs
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

So True


RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

PLAYED LIVE
2017

FACTS
An album track from The Echo Of Pleasure with lead vocals by Jen Goma. After Easy To Be Loved was dropped from the final tracklist, this was left as the only non-Kip-lead song on the album. The song received an official music video. It appears the song was only played live once, with Jen Goma appearing to sing her part. Since the Echo Of Pleasure tour didn't feature female lead vocalists, So True didn't appear on everyday setlists.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/album version/official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paQRaeIP35I
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Falling Apart So Slow



RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

PLAYED LIVE
2017, 2018

FACTS
An album track from The Echo Of Pleasure. Played live at dates in both 2017 and 2018, though not as often as the singles from the album.

The song was demoed as a candidate to appear on Days Of Abandon, and was eventually rearranged and revived for The Echo Of Pleasure.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASNc8fb9kHc
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The Echo Of Pleasure



RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

PLAYED LIVE
2017

FACTS
The title track of the fourth Pains album, not released as an advance single from the album. The song was played on the North American Echo Of Pleasure tour in 2017, seemingly at very few dates. Though records are incomplete, it appears the song was dropped before 2018.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a5PME6xLdY
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

When I Dance With You


RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

 PLAYED LIVE
2017, 2018

 FACTS
The second of three advance singles from The Echo Of Pleasure, this song was a consistent live presence throughout the Echo Of Pleasure tours. It received a music video during the album rollout. Later, it was featured in the Netflix movie To All The Boys I've Loved Before, bringing it back to the public's attention in mid-2018.

MEDIA
Studio/album version/official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9gUvKApdo
Audiotree Live in Chicago, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0_NKI-RMm0
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The Garret


RELEASED
The Echo Of Pleasure, 2017 (Painbow)

PLAYED LIVE
2017

FACTS
A song from The Echo Of Pleasure named in interviews by Kip as one of his favorites from the album. Played at Indie Pop Prom in advance of the album coming out, alongside Anymore. Played at shows in 2017 and perhaps 2018, as some setlists are unknown.

OFFICIAL LYRICS

MEDIA
Studio/album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdqMGjC2YQ
Audience video/2nd-ever live performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJH6V1QpraE
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