Music Monday: Passion Pit
Passion Pit, I love this band! I had a great reminder of how much I love there music and talent when The Sleep Sweepers did a video to there song – you can see it here. Passion Pit started back in 2007 in Buffalo NY, now in Boston. Lead singer Michael Angelakos had written a few songs for his girlfriend for Valentines Day not knowing that it would soon explode to a internationally know band.
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 vocab 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. Michael actually burned copies and sold them on his college campus for $4 each. He had been preforming live with his laptop and a microphone. Ian eventually approached him to start a band and not to long after Passion Pit was born.
Chunk of change was released in 2008, it contained the 4 original song for Michael’s girlfriend plus 2 more – Sleepyhead and Better Things. Sleepyhead took off gaining international attention. This happens to be my favorite song of theirs, it just makes me want to move and jump all around.. while it is calming as well. Make sure to check them out and pick up their CD if you dont have it already!
Passion PIt: Website | Last.fm | Discogs | iTunes | Amazon
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