3/9/2023 0 Comments Passion pit sleepyhead“Smile Upon Me” is a romantic race against sunset “Cuddle Fuddle” is a devotional ode to snuggling that folds in a “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” sample “Sleepyhead” is a cut-and-paste pocket symphony that shouldn’t work but absolutely does. Whether moving along at New Order pace or to the rhythm of chintzy hip-hop beats, he grooved and contorted his limited palette into blissful synth-pop. When his voice peaked into the red on opener “I’ve Got Your Number,” it was clear he didn’t yet possess the precision-oriented studio-rattery of, say, Hot Chip, but his raw melodic instincts and inventive production choices certainly didn’t make you long for something more clinical. The music is almost inextricable from its era.Īngelakos’ bedroom pop was endearingly homespun and laptop-lo-fi at a time when that was still a novelly twee concept, but it sparkled and moved with expertise beyond its sonic constraints. Any of the other sugar rush greatest hits from that year - Cut Copy’s In Ghost Colours, M83’s Saturdays = Youth, Hot Chip’s Made In The Dark, MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular, Black Kids’ Partie Traumatic, the Ting Ting’s We Started Nothing, Starfucker’s self-titled - still fit seamlessly next to any song from Chunk Of Change, Passion Pit’s debut EP that was released 10 years ago today.Ĭhunk Of Change conjures up visions of band logos being screen-printed onto American Apparel skinny tees, teens discovering tracks on Hype Machine, future Frenchkiss and Neon Gold bands spawning ad infinitum, and blog-rap producers lining up to sample it. 2008 was a moment when rainbow-hued, fizzy, synthy indie rock reigned supreme, and nobody did it quite like Michael Angelakos and Co. Based on their early aesthetics alone, Passion Pit arrived at exactly the right time.
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