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Tethers was produced by Andy Savours, whose catalogue includes records with Berman’s previous band and others such as My Bloody Valentine. The album also features Pains collaborators Jacob Sloan, Brian Alvarez, and Sarah Chihaya, plus Kyle Forester of Crystal Stilts and Woods.

Berman led the Pains of Being Pure at Heart for more than a decade, beginning in 2007. The band broke up in 2019, following the release of The Echo of Pleasure in 2017. Berman released Know Me More, his first EP as the Natvral, in 2018.

Kip Berman singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart  has begun recording and performing as The Natvral. Drawing inspiration from the lyrical folk rock of icons like Richard and Linda Thompson, Leonard Cohen and Ted Leo, this EP finds Kip channeling his lyricism with newfound intimacy and emotional candor. This venture is neither solo project nor side project, but rather a chance for Berman to create new music that connects in sound and substance to his present life. Since the recording of the last Pains record in 2016, The Echo of Pleasure, Berman has become a father and traded his beloved Brooklyn for the collegiate charms of Princeton, NJ.

“Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” is taken from The Natvral’s forthcoming LP, “Tethers” on Kanine / Dirty Bingo Records.

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“Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” is taken from The Natvral’s forthcoming LP, “Tethers” on Kanine / Dirty Bingo Records.

May be an illustration of one or more people and text that says 'THE NATVRAL TETHERS 04.02.2021 LTD VINYL DIGITAL PRE-ORDER NOW'

Tethers was produced by Andy Savours, whose catalogue includes records with Berman’s previous band and others such as My Bloody Valentine. The album also features Pains collaborators Jacob Sloan, Brian Alvarez, and Sarah Chihaya, plus Kyle Forester of Crystal Stilts and Woods.

Berman led the Pains of Being Pure at Heart for more than a decade, beginning in 2007. The band broke up in 2019, following the release of The Echo of Pleasure in 2017. Berman released Know Me More, his first EP as the Natvral, in 2018.

Kip Berman singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart  has begun recording and performing as The Natvral. Drawing inspiration from the lyrical folk rock of icons like Richard and Linda Thompson, Leonard Cohen and Ted Leo, this EP finds Kip channeling his lyricism with newfound intimacy and emotional candor. This venture is neither solo project nor side project, but rather a chance for Berman to create new music that connects in sound and substance to his present life. Since the recording of the last Pains record in 2016, The Echo of Pleasure, Berman has become a father and traded his beloved Brooklyn for the collegiate charms of Princeton, NJ.

“Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” is taken from The Natvral’s forthcoming LP, “Tethers” on Kanine / Dirty Bingo Records.

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Kip Berman, formerly of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, has announced his full-length debut from his solo project as The Natvral. The album is called “Tethers” and it’s out April 2nd on Kanine Records. Berman has also shared the first song from the album, “Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” .

“Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” is taken from The Natvral’s forthcoming LP, “Tethers” on Kanine / Dirty Bingo Records.

May be an illustration of one or more people and text that says 'THE NATVRAL TETHERS 04.02.2021 LTD VINYL DIGITAL PRE-ORDER NOW'

“Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” is taken from The Natvral’s forthcoming LP, “Tethers” on Kanine / Dirty Bingo Records.

May be an illustration of one or more people and text that says 'THE NATVRAL TETHERS 04.02.2021 LTD VINYL DIGITAL PRE-ORDER NOW'

Tethers was produced by Andy Savours, whose catalogue includes records with Berman’s previous band and others such as My Bloody Valentine. The album also features Pains collaborators Jacob Sloan, Brian Alvarez, and Sarah Chihaya, plus Kyle Forester of Crystal Stilts and Woods.

Berman led the Pains of Being Pure at Heart for more than a decade, beginning in 2007. The band broke up in 2019, following the release of The Echo of Pleasure in 2017. Berman released Know Me More, his first EP as the Natvral, in 2018.

Kip Berman singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart  has begun recording and performing as The Natvral. Drawing inspiration from the lyrical folk rock of icons like Richard and Linda Thompson, Leonard Cohen and Ted Leo, this EP finds Kip channeling his lyricism with newfound intimacy and emotional candor. This venture is neither solo project nor side project, but rather a chance for Berman to create new music that connects in sound and substance to his present life. Since the recording of the last Pains record in 2016, The Echo of Pleasure, Berman has become a father and traded his beloved Brooklyn for the collegiate charms of Princeton, NJ.

“Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” is taken from The Natvral’s forthcoming LP, “Tethers” on Kanine / Dirty Bingo Records.

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Woods / Purple Mountains / Crystal Stilts keyboardists Kyle Forester makes lovely, bucolic pop as a solo artists and will release new solo album “Hearts in Gardens” later this month. Here’s the second track off the record, the sun-dappled, lazy soft and slow track “Marigold.”

A lot has happened since Crystal Stilts’ Kyle Forester dropped his first solo album in 2016—much of which has to do with his busy touring schedules as a member of Woods’ live jam band, as well as the Purple Mountains live collective that never got a chance to spread its wings. With this newfound passion for collaboration, though, Forester has recorded a follow-up to his self-titled debut, which seems him working with his own dream team of a hired band, including production from Woods’ Jarvis Taveniere and harp contributions from Mary Lattimore.

Forester is sharing the second single from his forthcoming Hearts in Gardens, which is a hushed experimental number that sounds less like the dense heartland rock of The War on Drugs than the first. “Marigold” instead smears a number of surprising instrumentals together to form a hazy, psychedelic pastiche of sounds to accompany his acoustic guitar.

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Kyle Forester: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Hampus Öhman-Frölund: Drums, Paul Jenkins: Bass, Sam Kulik: Trombone
Michael O’Neill: Guitar, Mary Lattimore: Harp on “On the Way Down”

releases February 21, 2020

All Songs by Kyle Forester.