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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (2007 – present)
Passion Pit is an electronic band which formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, keyboard) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit was a vocabulary word used in a class Mike took in school. It’s a slang word for a drive-in movie theatre where kids used to go to make out.
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos has revealed that the band’s new album sounds so “beautiful” that they want to release it “when the buds start to bloom” next year.
Angelakos said he has already started work on the follow-up to the group’s 2009 debut ‘Manners’.
Michael played his first show alone sitting with his laptop and a microphone. Later, Ian approached Mike and asked him if he wanted to start a band. After a few line-up changes, Passion Pit was born.
The band’s debut Chunk Of Change EP originally had four songs and was recorded by Angelakos on his laptop. It was intended as a belated Valentine’s Day gift to his girlfriend. This set of songs was passed around Emerson College, where Angelakos was attending and caught the attention of many blogs. It was then released on September 16th, 2008 on Frenchkiss Records with two extra songs. The band’s debut album, entitled Manners, was released on May 19, 2009.
The song Sleepyhead contains samples of the song “Oro Mo Bhaidin” by Irish harpist Mary O’Hara. This song has been used in a US advertisment for the Palm Pixi, Canadian PSP advertisement, Little Big Planet 2, MTVs ‘What the Flip?’ campaign and the television shows, Skins and Gossip Girl.
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos has revealed that the band’s new album sounds so “beautiful” that they want to release it “when the buds start to bloom” next year.
Angelakos said he has already started work on the follow-up to the group’s 2009 debut ‘Manners’.
Michael played his first show alone sitting with his laptop and a microphone. Later, Ian approached Mike and asked him if he wanted to start a band. After a few line-up changes, Passion Pit was born.
The band’s debut Chunk Of Change EP originally had four songs and was recorded by Angelakos on his laptop. It was intended as a belated Valentine’s Day gift to his girlfriend. This set of songs was passed around Emerson College, where Angelakos was attending and caught the attention of many blogs. It was then released on September 16th, 2008 on Frenchkiss Records with two extra songs. The band’s debut album, entitled Manners, was released on May 19, 2009.
The song Sleepyhead contains samples of the song “Oro Mo Bhaidin” by Irish harpist Mary O’Hara. This song has been used in a US advertisment for the Palm Pixi, Canadian PSP advertisement, Little Big Planet 2, MTVs ‘What the Flip?’ campaign and the television shows, Skins and Gossip Girl.
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| FULL TRACK Little Secrets (Letting Up Despite Great… | 3:31 |
| FULL TRACK Sleepy Head | 2:57 |
| Better Things | 4:31 |
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Little Secrets
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Scintillante wrote:
hipster garbage
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electricturf wrote:
damn this dudes voice is annoying, i've got your number is my shit though.
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applecloud wrote:
super modernos estos chavales !
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zmase wrote:
check out this song i made: http://zaturnvalley.tumblr.com/
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Jaanisk wrote:
I've Got Your Number
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sl1ze wrote:
AMAZING.
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PrettyFlacko wrote:
i love this band so much...but listening to there music brings back some good memories with someone who i don't even talk to anymore :/ anywho i hope they release a new album this year
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retrotron wrote:
@ianrapp: that statement was issued in 2010, and he was talking about spring 2011.
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ianrappp wrote:
"Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos has revealed that the band’s new album sounds so “beautiful” that they want to release it “when the buds start to bloom” next year." - is this true?
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emmathers wrote:
lol i mean theyreo kay i guess butlike legend??? ikd
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ianrappp wrote:
I need a new album.
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Hannibal89757 wrote:
Anybody find that some of them in the band look like actors in Big Bang Theory?
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FR3AKMAN wrote:
I WANT A NEW ALBUM!
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kittencunt wrote:
I've just discovered with them, and I'm fucking obsessed.
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raaaaul wrote:
Sleepyhead is flawless
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Hannibal89757 wrote:
WoW！Good！
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lurishatesu wrote:
Folds In Your Hands <3
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lukven wrote:
fifa!
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tnf26 wrote:
let your love grow tall <3
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Mar
21
Canadian Music Fest 2012
Downtown Toronto, Toronto, Canada
58 going
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Mar
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Canadian Music Fest: Indie Awards
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
9 going
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Apr
16
Passion Pit
Pearl Street, Northampton MA, United States
2 going
News
Manners In iTunes Best of the 2000's Sale
25 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/passionpitjams
Starting today, Manners will be on sale as part of iTunes'
Best of the 2000's sale! Download the album and spread the word:
http://bit.ly/BestOf2ks
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