Sasquatch Preview: Episode 1 - Passion Pit

Sasquatch Preview: Episode 1 - Passion Pit

Sasquatch! Preview: Episode 1 - Passion Pit

Because I can not wait to go to Sasquatch this year and I don't think you can either, I will be posting a couple times a week about the bands comprising the lineup.

Start with the history. For Valentine's day last year, frontman Michael Angelakos recorded for his girlfriend a few lap top ditties and called them Chunk of Change. Everyone who heard it loved it, including record labels, they got a spot at Bumbershoot '08 released a slightly expanded EP and here we are.

Named one of the BBC's favorite up-and-comers of '09, Passion Pit, now grown into a five-piece, use simple electronic flourishes and synth lines to craft soft and catchy melodies that explode into energetic and euphoric choruses. They have gotten a lot of comparisons to MGMT as far their momentum and "who cares, lets dance" sound. However Chunk of Change is often much more intimate than MGMT with ties closer to Postal Service's brand of electronic minimalism. The Ep's standout track "Sleepyhead" was not originally on the v-day offering which means that it is quite potentially a sign of things to come and a reason to see this band.

Having just rocked SXSW and released a trippy vid for "Sleepyhead" (see below), Passion Pit are gearing up to release their debut full length called Manners. Columbia will release it in the UK on May 18, and Frenchkiss will drop it in North America eight days later on May 26 (the day after Squatch ends).

Listen to Passion Pit.

Buy Chunk of Change

Download "Sleepyhead" - Chunk of Change EP [Frenchkiss; 2008]

Download "The Reeling" - Manners [Frenchkiss; 2009]