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 21 year old with much more on his manic mind than girls, girls, girls. Michael Angelakos has written songs since he was a piano-pounding 5 year old, but found his creative well in need of a sev   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Boston's Passion Pit is the brainchild of Michael Angelakos. A songwriter's songwriter drawing from a variety of influences, from the classic pop of Randy Newman to the synth work of Giorgio Moroder.The Chunk of Change EP was originally put together as a (belated) Valentine's Day present to Angelakos's girlfriend which then prompted him to give it out to friends and fellow students at Emerson College. Angelakos wrote and recorded the entire album by himself   [ read more ]

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