Passion Pit is an amazing 5-piece band led by Michael Angelakos. Originating in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA they've recently released their first full length CD entitled Manners. They're an American Electronic band with Falsetto vocals. The band's debut EP Chunk of Change was released on September 16, 2008. The first four tracks were a Valentine's Day gift from Angelakos to his then-girlfriend Christine that became popular throughout Emerson College, which Angelakos was attending. Tracks 5 and 6, "Sleepyhead" and "Better Things," were added to the commercial release, engineered by Ian Hultquist. On February 24, 2009, the American iTunes store released "Sleepyhead" as a discovery download song.
Following the band's exposure on the BBC's Sound of 2009, "Sleepyhead" has started to receive airplay on NME TV in the UK.
This band is one of the more original bands I have been listen to lately. The first time I heard them was when "Sleepyhead" was passed along to me as a friend as a must listen. I was told it sounds like MGMT on crack. This analysis is quite correct. When I first got my hands on their EP Chunk of Change after a few listens I found it to be amazing. I couldn't stop listening. Then the LP released Manners and once again they were one of more top played artists in my library. Manners may fall a bit short to Chunk of Change but both releases are nothing less than top quality.
I've seen this band live about a month ago and they were even better live than on recording. His vocals will take you off your feet and his awkwardness/getting used to stardom is obvious and neat at the same time.
Links to some of their more notable/amazing songs.
Youtube link for Sleepyhead
Youtube link for The Reeling
Youtube link for Better Things
Some information VIA their Myspace
Some information VIA Wikapedia
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