Blog: The Maroon Cafe

Blasting out with the American gang's trademark hectic energy, the second single of Passion Pit 's last album Gossamer contrasts delighfully with the soporific atmosphere of a contemporary art exhibition. Charged with an underlying sensual tension from the onset, " I'll Be Alright " stumbles into the rabbit hole when a bored attendant suddenly sees a singing mouth appear from a gilded freemason-like triangle. The thump of extravagance occurs as the guard embraces the golden art-piece mouth : clocks turn into Dali pudding, people's necks turn into human chimneys and two Dionysiac characters [...]