Blog: Idolator

Passion Pit has always been a poison apple — or peach, if you want to maintain "pit" congruity — for frontman  Michael Angelakos . He completely indulges his thoughts until bursts of vivid ideas spew forth, but this allows confusion and dread to rush in too. The result is glossy hyper-pop with a pervading pensiveness; it's a delicate balance that has driven the band's music since the beginning, often at the cost of Angelakos' mental health . The thing is, their debut LP  Manners was so blissfully blown-out that nobody really noticed. (It also helped [...]