I checked out Passion Pit's first release,
Chunk of Change EP, for two reasons:
- Passion Pit sounds like a slang term for a vagina (I mean why not just name your band "The Cooters" or "Locust Patch")
- Apparently the 6-song EP was recorded solely as a belated Valentine's Day gift for the lead singer's girlfriend
I felt these two points of logic alone gave me enough reason to waste my precious megabytes on Passion Pit. But, after giving the
EP a good listen to, I must admit it's not the vagina-
esque name of the group, nor the
backstory that makes
Chunk of Change EP so good... Perhaps it has something to do with the
EP flirting with a certain
Electro/Pop sound, reminiscent of
Postal Service or
The Tough Alliance. Or maybe it's Passion Pit's synth-driven laptop Pop that makes tracks like "I've Got Your Number" and "
Sleepyhead" so enjoyable... Certainly, some of the
EP's success must be
accredited to the screechingly risky, at times borderline off-key vocals (imagine a methed up Ben Gibbard with a higher range and killer falsetto) by lead singer Michael Angelakos. Because of his ability to change the emotional intensity throughout each song and perfectly compliment the EP's Pop backdrop, Angelakos makes each track that much more genuine and personal (it's as if he wrote these songs just for his girlfriend to hear or something).
It just makes me wonder, how much "Passion Pit" do you think this guy got for making his girlfriend such a killer present/CD? I'm gonna say in a week - 5 out of 7 days (that's my rating... creative right?)
I guess those Valentine's days where burning a mixtape for your girl with that
one sick Busta and Mariah song (that I always get confused with
that one Ja Rule and J-Lo song) are over.
Check Passion Pit's myspace out
hereMediafire the EP
here
I checked out Passion Pit's first release, Chunk of Change EP, for two reasons:
very strong writing. i'm impressed.
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