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I had the great opportunity to catch Passion Pit’s set at Pop Montreal at the last minute just over a week ago and I’m so glad I opted to check out their set on a friend’s recommendation, cause they were most excellent. A quintet of supercuties from Cambridge, Massachusetts who brought their brand of infectious electro-pop to the stage at La Sala Rossa as openers for labelmates The Dodos.

The singer (above, centre), who in person is a dead ringer for a younger Wayne Coyne was bopping and tearing at his moppy hair throughout as he delivered a constant falsetto to the tunes. And one of the keyboard players (far right) was dancing throughout the entire set. What a happy, joyous bunch of guys. They were having so much fun on stage it was absolutely impossible for the crowd to not join in.

I highly recommend their EP Chunk Of Change, and the single Sleepyhead from it, which I’ve been listening to on repeat for a few weeks now. It’s a dangerously infectious jam that’s got all the hallmarks of a great earworm - tinkerbells (literally), hand claps and angelic overtones. If you like deliriously happy pop, listen to the song below:

Links:
MySpace: Passion Pit
Record Label: Frenchkiss Records

Posted on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 10:31 am by Kat and is filed under MuchRadar.

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