BELONG [LP] (ICE BLUE SPLATTER VINYL, DOWNLOAD, INDIE-RETAIL EXCLUSIVE)

Have the Pains made the kind of record that will matter to the kind of people to whom records still matter? From the opening explosions of electric guitar on Belong and the sumptuously synthetic dance pop perfection of The Body to the prom-in-heaven chorus of Even in Dreams and the closing moments of the uncommonly sincere and affecting Strange the answer is an unqualified, resounding (and damn good sounding) YES! BELONG unleashes added power, while retaining all the sweet sweet melodies that still hit that pop spot.