Manners
Destined to be loved or hated, it's heartening how little Passion Pit concern themselves with decorum or trend-watching in search of an irresistible hook.
Passion Pit’s first single, “Sleepyhead,” was a dense, woozy, eminently danceable track that earned every comparison it got to Hot Chip and MGMT. “Sleepyhead” reappears on the band’s debut album, Manners, but it’s stuck at the end, which unfortunately means enduring a lot of mediocrity to get there. So what went…
Tom Whyman reviews the debut album from one of the most hyped bands in 2009. Is pop music still in rude health or has the mainstream taken control?
In a way, Passion Pit’s debut album begins not with its first song, the effervescent ‘Make Light’, but with one buried at track nine.
<p>Euphoric, feelgood electro-pop of the indie rather than chart-topping persuasion</p>
Now that internet buzz has made a shift from passing phase to frontline for music promotion and criticism, it feels right when a band like Passion Pit gets...
<p>Laptop lover Michael Angelakos made an EP for his girlfriend and ended up with a record contract, writes <strong>Paul MacInnes</strong></p>