I’d be way remiss if I didn’t mention that my favorite album of 2009 just got a cover, and a name, and a tracklisting.
It’s called “Manners”, and it’ll find its way into my sweaty, admittedly-a-little-too-obsessed hands on May 26.
Now, about these “Passion Pit” people: I don’t know much about them besides what I’ve read about on the Internet: that apparently they’re really into vintage porn and I guess the drummer and the bassist and one of the keyboardists are closet NAMBLA members or something. I also read something about the lead singer once attending a school called “Emerson College”, but I looked into this school and discovered it doesn’t actually exist. Or at least it’s not accredited anyway. The only “Emerson College” I was able to find is a male-modeling academy located in the heart of Boston’s red light district. So, maybe there’s some truth in there but I just can’t tell.
But, despite these kids’ weirdo personalities, Passion Pit’s music is fucking incredible and I’d post mp3s if I thought there was a soul alive between the ages of 18 and 35 who hasn’t already heard ‘em all a hundred times over.
Whoever does distro for Frenchkiss isn’t going to be able to press enough copies of “Manners” to keep this shit on the shelves for over an hour. The release of this record will singlehandedly pull us out of the recession.
I can say these things without having heard a single note of it because it’s been a while since a buzzband came along with talent enough to exceed their own hype. A long while. (Probably last time was “Menudo.” Before that it was “The Monkees.”)
Blah blah blah blah— I can’t wait for this release. I just hope that the bassist’s parole status will allow Passion Pit the chance at a world tour to support it. Statutory rape is serious business people. It doesn’t matter if you’re a “musician” or not: 18 is 18, OK?
SRSLY: <3 this band and all the talented, righteous creative doods in it. Proud of y’all! Stay in touch, K? Looking at you, Hultquist.
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