ON the Manchester date of their tour, a lot of bands from far off places profess their love for the city’s near unrivalled musical heritage.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are no different.

Frontman Kip Berman reveals that keyboardist Jess Weis has been wearing t-shirts featuring some of the cities well known musical luminaries throughout their UK tour.

But musically, the five-piece take their influence from all four corners of the country and beyond, not just our fair city.

Their energetic noise rock is reminiscent of Dublin’s My Bloody Valentine, East Kilbride’s Jesus and Mary Chain, as well as Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana from over the pond.

But their latest and third album, Days of Abandon, moves away from grandiose, ear-piercing rock to a more 1980s jangle pop sound.

This may be to the benefit of commerciality and radio play but it diverts away from how the band — who released their first album in 2007 — originally gained their fan base.

This is quite plain at the Ruby Lounge on Wednesday night.

While the new tracks are well received, the toe tapping and drunken bopping only kicks off when they air tracks from their self titled debut and second album Belong.

The band have a cult following in the UK, and can boast at least one celebrity fan — ex-footballer and current radio pundit Pat Nevin has been seen wearing one of their T-shirts.

Highlights include airings of Young Adult Friction, Come Saturday and Everybody with You, which see the New York and at its best, delivering swirling, pulsating overdriven guitars which act as a wall of sound behind intricate harmonies and reverb soaked riffs.

Although they served their musical apprenticeships thousands of miles away, those riffs do remind us of one of Manchester’s favourite sons. I am sure a certain Mr Marr would approve.