Passion Pit has one of those nice hooky make-you-go-aw stories behind it. Last Valentine’s Day Michael Angelakos made a CD of bubbly, glitchy, love songs for his girlfriend. It was copied for a number of friends and cohorts, eventually making its way onto the hands of a record company. Voila, record deal!
The original CD was released as the Chunk of Change EP – a heartfelt river of synth. The next step was to form a band (all bespectacled, beardy & dark), flesh out the sound and release the well received first album, Manners.
It’s a dream run right? So far there’s been a Calvin Harris remix (The Reeling, on the PP myspace), they’ve remixed the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and gobbled up spots on the lineup of numerous big name festivals. Chomp chomp.
I’ve been listening to EP and the album on and off over the last week. While writing, while driving out in the country with friends, while making dinner. I think at this stage I prefer the EP – especially the breathy endearing falsetto of Cuddle Fuddle. But my mind could change. Every time I listen to the album, it’s like getting a little hug. I even enjoy the children’s choir on Little Secrets. It’s all so nice!
Both bodies of work falter in places; but I lack time for a lengthy critical reviewso I’ll shunt you gently in the direction of Pitchfork if you’d like to read about Passion Pit indepth. Funnily enough Ian Cohen comes back to the same point as me – the music makes me happy, so why not indulge? Give either of albums an outing on your stereo – it might make for a very enjoyable Monday!
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I love the song Sleepyhead! It’s very addictive. But I don’t like the music video of it. I find it very annoying and disorientation. For me it ruins the music. But I just keep listening to it, over and over and over again. The song néver gets boring or annoying. :)
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