Passion Pit Kindred

Passion Pit Kindred

'Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos makes Technicolor electro-pop with monster hooks. But his songs are sturdy, versatile things..." - NPR Music

'Shiny, happy sounds define the music of Passion Pit…dizzying electronic stutters, wavery manipulated voices, chiming glockenspiels, stately pianos, female backup singers, twittering woodwinds and elegiac string sections. It's larger and much cleaner than life"that is, until Mr. Angelakos's lyrics sink in."- The New York Times

'Michael Angelakos' records don't always sound human. The track-upon-track production mixes keyboards, guitars and orchestral instruments until it's sometimes little more than a bundle of luminous accouterments. Yet below the ultra-modern glisten are little diaries of tough times and hard living, all of them graced with emotive, soul falsettos...""Los Angeles Times

Sony Music Entertainment Australia is pleased to announce Kindred, the new album from Passion Pit will be released April 17^th, 2015. Listen to the first track from the album, -Lifted Up (1985)' NOW on passionpitmusic.com. The album will be available for pre-order tomorrow, Wednesday 18^th February.

Kindred was written and produced by Passion Pit creative force and front-man Michael Angelakos, and recorded in New York City. The album was also produced by longtime collaborators and co-producers Chris Zane and Alex Aldi, as well as Benny Blanco.

Kindred  follows Passion Pit's 2012 hits -Gossamer' and 'Take A Walk', which found the band selling out Madison Square Garden and appearing on Saturday Night Live in the US, and headlining at Parklife in Australia. In 2013, the band toured nationally including sold-out Splendour In The Grass in Byron Bay.

Angelakos' songwriting process for Passion Pit has always been to filter and reshape. Many sounds on Kindred that one would assume are synths, are the remarkable notes of Angelakos' voice, manipulated by computers and pedals. Angelakos frequently repurposes sound: using top 40 signifiers for outré ends, crushing weird natural and synthetic detritus together into pop (Brent Katz, liner notes, 2015).

Angelakos' recent collaborations include tracks with Skrillex and Madeon's latest genius, 'Pay No Mind'

Kindred Tracklisting

1. Lifted Up (1985)

2. Whole Life Story

3. Where the Sky Hangs

4. All I Want

5. Five Foot Ten (I)

6. Dancing on the Grave

7. Until We Can't (Let's Go)

8. Looks Like Rain

9. My Brother Taught Me How To Swim

10. Ten Feet Tall (II)