Passion Pit
Mar 31, 2013
Passion Pit may have dropped their sophomore album Gossamer, last summer in July but their single, "Carried Away" was just released to radio this past February. The video for this song stars Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos and One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush as a couple who seem to spend more time arguing than doing anything else. It starts out as a slice-of-life pocket-drama, but more and more loony touches gradually come in until it becomes this bizarrely inventive live-action sadness-cartoon. It's actually the song's second video; its Tiësto remix already has its own entertaining video.
Formed in 2007, Passion Pit is an American electropop band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. The band consists of Michael Angelakos (lead vocals & keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards & guitar), Xander Singh (synthesizer & samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass & synth bass), and Nate Donmoyer (drums). The band's debut EP, Chunk of Change, was released in September 2008. This same year, the band was chosen as "Best New Local Act in 2008" in the WFNX/Boston Phoenix best music poll. The first and only single to be released from Chunk of Change was "Sleepyhead" and it received a good deal of exposure through its use in numerous media campaigns and advertisements, while the video for the song, directed by The Wilderness, was included on Pitchfork's Top 40 Music Videos of 2008 list. The band's first full-length studio album, Manners, was released in May 2009. Their latest album, Gossamer, was released on July 24th. The first track out from the album was "Talk a Walk" out on May 7th.