Manners (Deluxe Edition)

The deluxe edition of 2009's stand out Manners album features new artwork and three bonus tracks: stripped down versions of the original album's "Sleepyhead" and "Moth's Wings," and a cover of the Cranberries' "Dreams."

Redemption. Paranoia. Guilt. And brief glimpses of a better tomorrow, all cloaked in pop hooks that truly help the medicine go down. Another lost LP from Brian Wilson's sandbox phase? What we're really alluding to here is Passion Pit's first full-length, Manners, a bird-flipping break from the blogosphere by a twenty-one year old with much more on his manic mind than girls, girls, girls. Michael Angelakos has written songs since he was a piano-pounding five year old, but found his creative well in need of a severe refill. He started toying with the plug-ins and infinite possibilities of a computer program, and six tracks later, the Chunk of Change EP was born. Now Manners follows: an irresistible, filler-free glimpse into the mind of a man who'd like to unleash his very own Pet Sounds someday.