The Sporting Life were a band that had a pretty short life expectancy. The members of this band were Kip, Constance, Kyle, and I forget the name of the 4th member. This I believe was Kip's first band. He has gone on to be in many different bands including his current project The Pains of being Pure of Heart. When Kip told me about this band he said their main goal was to be good enough to play at the Magic Marker House. Well those that know Kip know that he is a very goal oriented person. The Sporting Life reached their goal and subsequently broke up pretty soon afterwards. I think the only other venue they played was the neighboring Reed College where all the members attended. This photo (by Jeff Mawer) and the song I am posting are from the "House Full of Friends" compilation that we put out several years ago. The idea behind this post is to let all the fans of The Pains of being Pure at Heart hear what Kip was working on back in the day. I think they had a bit of a Cat's Miaow sound to them. Kip was obsessed with tea and sweaters back in the day. Please check out the new and future releases of the fine The Pains of Being Pure of Heart to be found soon at Slumberland Records.
*edit Kip let me know that Nicole was the fourth member of the band .
Listen to The Sporting Life "Queen of Sandcastles"
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