Ablebody

Frankie’s currently on tour with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and has NYC & LA release shows later this year.

Main member Kip Berman made the album with Jen Goma (A Sunny Day In Glasgow), Jacob Danish Sloan (Dream Diary), and horn player Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire, David Byrne & St Vincent, etc).

Pains and Frankie also both have new albums on the way.

Could other TPOBPAH announcements be far behind?

If you’re in Los Angeles, you can catch Ablebody tonight for free.

Hit Bargain are a self-described “queencore” band (“an intersection of queer, queening and hardcore”) who are based out of L.A. but feature members from a number of defunct NYC bands…

The duo are identical twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim who have played together in The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Depreciation Guild and other groups.

TPOBPAH @ Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Amanda Hatfield) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are currently on tour with The New Pornographers, and both bands hit NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on November 17 (tickets)…

“thank you @thepainsofbeing for a wonderful night of tunes and for covering my favorite Katy Perry song” – Sad Girls Guide “The @thepainsofbeing show was awesome till they covered katy perry…

Kip Berman‘s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart brought their North American tour with Fear of Men and Ablebody through Chicago for a packed show at the Empty Bottle on Monday night (4/28)…