Formed in late 2007, 5 barely-legal guys from Cambridge, Massachusettes, have brought to the table yet another electronic-synth-indie-pop offering called Passion Pit. You must be wondering, when is this trend going to stop/how long more of this going to continue? Not anytime soon I reckon. BUT, my advice to you is, “if you can’t beat em’, join ‘em!”
Thankfully, the Pits make that bitter medicine easy to swallow. Or rather, quite enjoyable, really. On the first listen, they sound very much like a mish-mash of Chromeo and MGMT. Michael Angelakos’ eunuch-isque vocals sound very much like Andrew VanWyngarden’s. Coming off a rather so-so debut EP, Chunk of Change, Manners is very much a more accomplished effort:
The Reeling’s intro sounds very Big Beat-ish in a Chemical Brothers kind of way. It then breaks into a disco-indie rhythm, packed with loads of beautifully-layered synths. Not forgetting the extremely catchy singalong, feet-tapping chorus, of course.
“Look at me, oh look at me
Is this the way I’ve always been
Oh no, oh
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Now I’m dreaming somebody
Would simply come and kidnap me
Oh no, oh no
Everyday I lie awake and pray to God today’s the day
Oh no, oh no
Here I am, and here I am, when will someone understand
Oh no, oh no”
Another favourite track of mine, ‘Little Secrets’, sound like a Jackson 5 song infused with synths and a modern beat (As Pitchfork puts it, it sounds like D.A.N.C.E.). On a side note, I was quite pleasantly surprised that the stingy folk at Pitchfork actually gave Manners a 8.1 out of 10 rating. Not bad for a debut eh?
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