Man durfte zurecht gespannt - ja skeptisch - sein. Der Aufstieg von Passion Pit von der Blog-Entdeckung bis zum zweiten Album "Manners" ging so rasant, dass die Erwartungen an den Live-Auftritt im Montreux Jazz Café eigentlich fast nur enttuscht werden konnten. Doch die Band aus Boston spielte gestern jegliche Bedenken an die Wand. Mit viel Druck und Einsatz elektronischer Gerte an den richtigen Stellen, zeigten die fnf Herren, dass der Hype um sie nicht wie eine Blase platzen wird. Ihre [...]
Fun, fun and fun. That is what summer is and that is what this album is, FUN. I hate it when bands release a promising EP and don't follow through on their first full length album but that is not the case with Passion Pit. Chunk of Change showed promise for the electro-pop group from Boston, MA and they took what made that EP work and extended it to a very respectable full length debut in Manners . I put this into my rotation a couple of weeks ago and I can't keep some of the songs [...]
SubT favorites, Passion Pit, take some time from their ultra-busy dance schedule to discuss Table Manners, Burritos, Bubblegum and Lucky Charms. Wonder if these dudes recommend dancing on a full stomach?
I caught Passion Pit's hometown show at Paradise Rock Club, which was a really tight set despite the rather shitty sound. The bass was mixed so high that it almost completely drowned out lead singer Michael Angelakos ' vocals on a few songs, and that's saying something when it comes to a piercing falsetto like his. Passion Pit has had a whirlwind year, going from being relatively unknown to one of the must buzzed-about bands at SXSW, playing Bonnaroo, and now set to tour throughout most of the rest of 2009, including stops at Lollapalooza, [...]
Phoneix with Passion Pit The Rumsey Playfield at Central Park (aka Summerstage) September 25, 2009 Tickets are on Amex presale now. Public on sale begins Friday, June 1 2 at noon. Both of these bands have been enjoying pretty good runs lately. After making a huge impact with American audiences on SNL back in April, Phoenix finally released Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix at the end of May and to no one's surprise, they've got two sold out [...]
To hear selections from Passion Pit new LP Manners and more in a full concert recorded live from Washington, D.C. 6/9/09 click HERE . The show included an opening performance by the Brooklyn-based band Harlem Shakes . Post from: The Galley Boys Passion Pit :: Live in DC Stream
To hear selections from Passion Pit's new LP Manners and more in a full concert recorded live from Washington, DC on June 9, 2009 click here . The show included an opening performance by the Brooklyn-based band Harlem Shakes . Post from: The Galley Boys Passion Pit - Live in Washington, DC Stream
REVIEW OF PASSION PIT - MANNERS Incredibly high falsetto-ed singing voices can't help but be sort of funny. That's just the way it is. Therefore, the major full length release by buzz band Passion Pit , which is entitled Manners , is going to make you smile, whether you like it or not. I suppose I could understand why some people might not like it. It is overly schmaltzy in parts, the ballads seem to occupy the same black hole that may have sucked in the likes of [...]
In the fall of 2007 Brooklyn-natives were privy to the exciting new synth-filled sounds of the duo now known as MGMT. The Management, as they were then known, were so unabashedly open about their hipsterness that they quickly began to fill the void that the Steve Aokis and Ed Bangers were losing ability to (because of their newly found mass appeal). MGMT found its way into obscurest playlists, 2007 year-end lists, every festival on the face of the planet and lemon-flavored-soda commercials, all within months. By the time their debut album Oracular Spectacular actually came out in 2008, it [...]
Sé que el disco salió ya hace un par de semanas , sin embargo no tuvo el ruido que en realidad debió haber tenido en cuanto a su lanzamiento. Si bien el disco surgió a raíz de que fue concebido como un regalo para una novia de los chicos de la banda, ahora tenemos la oportunidad de escucharlo todos y es que la verdad esta banda está sorprendiendo muchísimo, quizá se lleven lo que resta del 2009 por su sonido retro-disco-pop que destaca en todo el álbum. [...]
Words and photos by Meiyee Apple Passion Pit played in Los Angeles for two consecutive nights with Cale Parks and Harlem Shakes . Excellent efforts on the two opening bands on both nights, but this is about the dance band of the summer. Both shows, one at the tiny Troubadour in West Hollywood, and the other at the more appropriately-sized Echoplex in LA, were sold out for the mere price [...]
Carpe PM is the producing team that pairs two of New York City's finest--and maybe most religiously followed--DJs: Jess from the indie/new wave/glam goliath "Trash!" and DJ Bastard (left), who commands the crowds every Tuesday night at Happy Ending. For shame if you actually don't know who these guys are (or maybe you've just never been to New York City before and then even more "for shame"s for that one) but let's change all that right this minute with a rocking remix of "Little Secrets" by Passion Pit , off of maybe the year's best record, Manners [...]
Call me a cock-eyed pessimist, but I find the seminal story behind this band a little hard to swallow. Could it actually be true? An EP put together as a VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT from the band's frontman to his girlfriend at Emerson got around well enough to make him an instant hit? Or is it possible, just possible, that this is a groomed story to draw even more attention to the band? Perhaps the EP was ALSO given to the GF while having not been INTENDED for the gf. A fine line, I feel, and one easily blurred by the [...]
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Just stumbled across the music video for Passion Pit's hit song "The Reeling." The effects in this video, not to mention the song itself, are completely dope. I love the vintage and gritty feel that the beginning of the video gives off. This is one of the most creative videos that I've seen in a while and it definitely gets my vote as one of the coolest music videos of 2009. I'm sure that this will be in everyone's top 10 list come December. In case you forgot, Passion Pit's debut album Manners [...]
Damn. I'm writing this post as though this band has not absolutely DOMINATED the blogosphere recently. But they deserve the credit. They deserve the 'Hotcakes Presents...' treatment. Passion Pit is one of those pop bands that give you hope for the disgrace that is called the Top 40. With brilliant vocals that are so high pitched you start to wonder whether their owner actually possesses testicles, what's not to like? The falsetto style is backed up by fantastically bouncy beats and melodies that are bound to take the festivals by storm this summer [...]
Buy Here: iTunes, Amazon, emusic, Napster After months of anticipation, Passion Pit have finally released their proper debut, Manners, today via Frenchkiss Records. Following up on their universally-acclaimed EP Chunk of Change, Passion Pit’s full-length bow meshes surreal, psychological lyrics with epic melodies and elaborate sound design. From the lead dulcimer loops and melancholic melodies of [...]
ALBUM REVIEW: Passion Pit - Manners words: Matt McDonald Press the play button, and marvel as ELO, The Bee Gees and all of your other shameless pop wet dreams rear their beards at the same time, miraculously sounding both credible and cool. There’s handclaps, children’s choirs and exclusively falsetto vocals. It isn’t the Scissor Sisters. It’s Passion Pit’s debut album and it’s the best oxymoron ever. Listening to ‘Manners’ is like swaying through a world of a million discos in a dream-like state. From the slow-burning ‘Swimming In [...]
One of my favourite things to do is generate entirely new genres by blending pre-existing ones into uber-pretentious hipster varieties. I then use this new tag to describe a tiny range of bands. Thus, I bless Passion Pit with the indie-electro-falsetto-dance-p op (nu-wave) label. There, doesn't that sound much better than "MGMT meets the Scissor Sisters"? [...]
Say hello to Passion Pit, the latest keyboard-wielding disco popsters to make the blogosphere froth at the gash. Their EP "Chunk Of Change", released in December last year, was met with critical acclaim, and their album "Manners" (which you can listen to in full at their Myspace page) will be released on Tuesday. Fans have been given the chance to remix their track "Sleepyhead" via Buffetlibre's Proyecto Batidora, and all in all, they're being hyped to the hills right now. Once I get some money, I'll buy the album and do a review of it, but [...]
Nu finns Passion Pit s album Manners att streama på myfacet ! Ladda också ner remixen bandmedlemmen Nate (under namnet Shuttle) själv gjort av singeln The Reeling: Passion Pit - The Reeling (Shuttle's super club mega mix '99)
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