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Passion Pit

  • 06-05-2009 9:27am
    #1
    whiterob81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


    Anyone heard these guys? Got their Chunk of Change ep over the weekend becasue I liked Sleepyhead but the whole things pretty unlistenable because of that guy's voice. Anyone else find the same


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  • #2
    homerun_homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,032 ✭✭✭homerun_homer


    Heard them a lot on Paul McCloon's show and that song is ok but I agree, the voice is god awful. I thought it was a bad female vocalist til I saw pictures of them and realised there wasn't a female in sight. Heard another song a while later and the vocal melody was the exact same.
    A lot of people a buying into them but I'm not sure.


  • #3
    whiterob81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭whiterob81


    yeah, I saw them live before and thought they were actually pretty enjoyable. But there was something about the ep that just made me think "This is Daniel Bedingfield for hipsters"


  • #4
    ams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭ams


    downloaded some of their stuff at the weekend and feel the same!! Saw them described as "the new MGMT" somewhere - eh no.


  • #5
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    ams wrote: »
    downloaded some of their stuff at the weekend and feel the same!! Saw them described as "the new MGMT" somewhere - eh no.

    Eh no cos they are miles better than MehGMT.

    It's agreat EP, sleepyhead is one of the tracks i listen to least on it.


  • #6
    suckslikeafox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭suckslikeafox


    Agree absolutely, nowhere near worth the hype they've been generating recently


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  • #7
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    Started a thread about them over a month ago.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520474http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520474

    Personally, I think they're a pretty good new band.


  • #8
    cas91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭cas91


    I got the EP a few days ago and havn't stopped listening to them since. I find them really uplifting actually. Their concert was canceled a few weeks ago but apparently i never read the charter and got banned for a week.


  • #9
    JaneyMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭JaneyMc


    Loving Sleepyhead! Haven't had a chance to listen to the rest yet though.


  • #10
    johnnyf_03
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭johnnyf_03


    I really like these guys. Saw them in Whelan's in March and they were excellent live. Chunk of Change EP is great. Especially 'I've Got Your Number'

    Got the new album at the weekend. Only listened to it once so it's way too early to comment but liked what I heard


  • #11
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    That's a GUY singing...?! I only know that tune with the high-pitched sample that sounds like Chris De Burgh's A Spaceman Came Travelling - presume that's Sleepyhead?

    Really like it anyway...


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  • #12
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    Dudess wrote: »
    That's a GUY singing...?! I only know that tune with the high-pitched sample that sounds like Chris De Burgh's A Spaceman Came Travelling - presume that's Sleepyhead?

    Really like it anyway...


    Yeah thats Sleepyhead. The high pitched sample in question is actually the irish-language song Óro mo Bháidin.


  • #13
    cas91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭cas91


    Their albums out now.. havn't actually listened but apparently its good. None of the songs bar sleepyhead from the ep are on it .


  • #14
    neilisagam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭neilisagam


    the reeling is a good tune as is seaweed song.


  • #15
    madson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭madson


    I only came across them last week so hadn't heard any of the hype about them, quite enjoyed a few of their tracks especially after a couple of listens.


  • #16
    tommyboy2222
    Closed Accounts Posts: 914 ✭✭✭tommyboy2222


    Excellent album!!!


  • #17
    Heisenberg.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭Heisenberg.


    This post has been deleted.


  • #18
    johnny_rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭johnny_rambo


    I've been listening to the album for a few days now......liked it instantly.
    I think they're very good.


  • #19
    Stompbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭Stompbox


    The sophomore LP seems to have slipped under the Boardsie Alt/Indie radar; I've streamed some of it on NPR and I dug it. Hardly breaking the frenetic sugar-rush mould that they fashioned on their first album but that's no bad thing; it seems to be a very accessible and instantly enjoyable effort. My favourite tune thus far is the second single:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBLuWKnKIn0


  • #20
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,807 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Love the new album but not sure why they went for the above track as their new single. I can't recommend 'Carried Away' enough.


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