The Body

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's new single `The Body', hot off the heels of their biggest ever UK tour, is a majestic soon-to-be staple of indie discos everywhere. Its instantly infectious hooks and sumptuous, ever-ascending chorus belie its painful study of self-abasement and physical disconnection ("Tell me again what the body's for, 'cuz I can't feel it anymore, I lost mine and I need yours," Berman sings at one point) and manages to lodge itself in the listener's brain long after its short but (bitter)sweet running time is over.