Chunk Of Change

Passion Pit - Chunk Of Change

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Artist: Passion Pit
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Music Label: Frenchkiss
Soundtracks:
  1. I've Got Your Number
  2. Smile Upon Me
  3. Cuddle Fuddle
  4. Live to Tell the Tale
  5. Better Things
  6. Sleepyhead

Music reviews of Chunk Of Change

Music Review: More than their foot in the door
Rating: 5 Stars

I don't often put much credence into an EP as a band's entrance into the musical world. But you have to start somewhere. And Passion Pit has that certain magic that I find infectious and has mass appeal. As a minor disclaimer, I'm going to echo a bit of Pitchfork's review of the album, but we often think alike.

First off, I think this album sounds just plain happy, and it does what good music is supposed to: make you think and dance all at the same time. Modern electronica never sounded so good, but it's hard to really say what their intention is with this being just an EP. It covers a lot of ground. To Passion Pit's credit, and as I discovered in my reading, this album, minus the last track, "Sleepyhead," was intended for a single person. A kind of love letter, as it were. Despite that, it communicates a message that goes beyond a single-person audience. David Bevan says it best in his Pitchfork review, "Given the notion that Angelakos initially expected just one person to really listen, the record benefits heavily from that which a lot of us look for in sound or elsewhere: emotional authenticity." Maybe it's just catching lightning in a bottle, but I find it hard to believe that such raw creativity is accidental.

As for similar musical interests, I've seen Passion Pit as being a mixture between the high-pitched, creatively sweet vocals of Postal Service with a smattering of the synths and sampling that give The Avalanches their unique personality (though, admittedly, the sampling is kept to a minimum here). But I don't want to take away from the truly authentic sound they've created. It's hardly a mash-up of already-known bands, and I think their future is wide open.

"Sleepyhead," the one song that was not intended for its single-person audience, shows a breadth of talent and construction that propels it past the previous five tracks. You are shocked awake with the "sleeping giant" quality of "I've got Your Number" and "Smile Upon Me," with their slow, easy starts that lead into cacophonous climaxes, but "Sleepyhead" makes you sit up and pay attention to just what kind of songs Passion Pit has constructed.

All in all, I've never been this impressed by an EP since TV on the Radio's "Young Liars" EP. This is a solid half hour of electronica magic. Give it a listen!
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Description of Chunk Of Change

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 girlfriend which then prompted him to give it out to friends and fellow students at Emerson College. Angelakos wrote and recorded the entire record by himself and it only hints at what is to come from this extremely talented perfectionist. The production of the recording - brief, sporadic, and explosive - worked towards the development of Angelakos signature euphoric and blissfully melancholic sound. Frenchkiss Records will reissue the ep this fall with the addition of two bonus tracks Better Things and Sleepyhead that are already catching the online world on fire. All of this is in preparation for Passion Pit s debut full length coming out in early 2009.

Playing as a five piece live, Passion Pit has already blown away audiences opening up for Death Cab For Cutie, Girl Talk, These New Puritans and more. Also winning the WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll as the Best New Local Act of 2008, Passion Pit hopes to bring their soulful dance explosion to your town this fall.

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