{"id":3293,"date":"2015-04-22T12:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2015-05-06T12:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:26:37","slug":"passion-pit-kindred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/passion-pit-kindred\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion Pit <br>Kindred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Passion_Pit-Kindred.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3294\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Passion_Pit-Kindred.jpg\" alt=\"Passion Pit, Kindred\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Passion_Pit-Kindred.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Passion_Pit-Kindred-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Passion Pit, the solo project as poptronica band of Michael Angelakos, has always assumed a baby face. As on \u201cI\u2019ll Be Alright,\u201d \u201cCarried Away\u201d (of Tropicana fame), and \u201cTake A Walk\u201d (of Taco Bell fame) from their previous album, 2012\u2019s <i>Gossamer<\/i>, melodies and catch-all choruses have proven dominant in Passion Pit\u2019s catalogue, allowing listeners to make the songs out to be far rosier than intended\u2014particularly amusing considering much of <i>Gossamer<\/i> was concerned with Angelakos\u2019 battle with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The latest Passion Pit album, <i>Kindred<\/i> (Columbia Records), is not entirely different, but feels significantly more real. There\u2019s no progression or regression in sound, but it\u2019s not some heard-it-before snore. At worst, the chorus chant of \u201cAll I Want\u201d risks being played out a la \u201cI\u2019ll Be Alright,\u201d but <i>Kindred\u2019s<\/i> catchiest moments instead come off as true declarations from a forward-thinking Angelakos as someone who has come to terms with the tumultuous past of <i>Gossamer<\/i> and is ready to be over it. One spin of lead single \u201cLifted Up (1985)\u201d has the effect of its title as the track is more rapturous than anything heard on <i>Gossamer<\/i>, without lending itself to being debased or misconstrued.<\/p>\n<p>Passion Pit\u2019s (rightful) claim to fame has always been the sheer catchiness of every one of its songs, and one would be especially hard-pressed to deny that after this third full-length. Nonetheless, this might be Angelakos\u2019 first record to force the listener to back out of any surface-level assumption of his music. <i>Kindred<\/i> is pure pop without the image or cutesiness\u2014not that he ever had any distaste for that before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passion Pit, the solo project as poptronica band of Michael Angelakos, has always assumed a baby face. 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