It’s been quite the year for Michael Angelakos, mastermind behind Boston based Passion Pit.  First, his belated Valentine’s Day present turns into an indie hit, then he signs a record deal with French Kiss, and now how he’s got a full band and a debut LP called Manners coming out.

The musical growth between Chunk of Change EP and Manners is pretty hard to gauge given all that’s happened.  I was curious to see what would happen to the purity of Angelakos’ original mission, and whether the addition of a band would stifle him or take Passion Pit to a higher musical level.  With “The Reeling” and a Fader.tv studio visit as my first peeks at the album, I’m pretty confident Passion Pit have channeled the same energy and child like approach to melody (Michael even talks about being inspired by children’s choirs during their studio profile - which includes a guest spot by a… children’s choir) as he did on the EP.

Stream the song below or on the band’s Myspace.  Look for the album on May 19th.

Tags: Passion Pit

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