ABOUT THIS ITEM

Following the release of the "Chunk Of Change" mini album, Passion Pit now release their debut full studio album "Manners". The album delivers on the blissful and bright promises of early fan favourites like "Sleepyhead" - it took nearly two months of 'explosive' off-the-cuff sessions with producer Chris Zane (Les Savy Fav, The Walkmen) to get there—everything was written and recorded on the fly—but "Manners" is exactly that, an irresistible, filler-free glimpse into the mind of a man who'd like to unleash his very own "Pet Sounds" someday. Check the carefully-sculpted songwriting on display: the speaker-panning synths and slightly sinister children's chorus (straight outta P.S. 22 in NYC) of "Little Secrets" and forthcoming single "The Reeling," the lead dulcimer loops and melancholic melodies of "Moth's Wings," the ecstatic, riled-up climax of "Folds in Your Hands." All of this is part of a greater plan, the next step of which is taking Passion Pit's live show to a level that matches, and eventually exceeds, Manners' ambition and kaleidoscopic soundscapes. Because when Angelakos says he wants to be the next Randy Newman, he's dead serious. And when he adds that Passion Pit is 'a band with a lead songwriter, not just Michael Angelakos and these guys', it's clear he's just getting started.